Jatropha Products

Posted on Wednesday June 26th, 2013 by admin

From Jatropha many products are got which are used for some different purpose. The exception among them is the seed hulls all others can be used for some purpose.

 

Jatropha Seeds can be used as Insecticides, Molluscidies, Medicine against constipation, lighting and in oil production.

 

Jatropha Deshelled seeds can be used in the preparation of soap, biodiesel production, and fuel for cooking stoves.

 

Jatropha Oil can be used as lubricating oil, cosmetics, analyzer for fatty acids, analyzer for oils and in soap production.

 

Press Cake can be used an organic fertilizer.

 

Jatropha Leaves can be used to test malaria and it can be used in massages.

 

The liquid got from Jatropha can be used as a disinfectant and it is also used to stop bleeding.

 

The Jatropha Trunk is used to make small cheese boxes.

 

Seed Hulls are waste products as they are too soft and have high water content.

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Jatropha Press

Posted on Monday June 17th, 2013 by admin

Jatropha Press method is used to crush the Jatropha Curcas Seeds to produce Crude Jatropha Oil, which contains primary proteins and carbohydrates. The remains after the process is called as Jatropha Press Cake which is used as a fertilizer and it also act as an enzyme for biogas production.

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Jatropha as Jet Fuel

Posted on Monday June 10th, 2013 by admin

Aviation fuels are widely substituted by the biofuels produced from the jatropha oil than any other fuels. To meet the increasing demand of the jet fuels jatropha oil can be blend with the jet fuel since jatropha oil has a lower freezing point then the jet fuel.

 

The biodiesel prepared from the jatropha oil can also be mixed with the jet fuel with 50-50 ratio and neither will not require any modification in the engine.

 

Using jatropha biodiesel it is possible to save 3% of the fuel in the engines.

 

In December 30, 2008 the Air New Zealand flew its test flight successfully with a 50-50 blend with jatropha oil and jet fuel. And in January 2009 Ai New Zealand, Houston based continental Airlines and Japan Air also tested flights with jatropha biodiesel as a jet fuel.

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Methods of extracting Jatropha oil

Posted on Monday June 3rd, 2013 by admin

Jatropha is a shrub grown in dry places. Oil is extracted from the seeds of Jatropha. The Jatropha oil is used as bio diesel. Because of its high commercial value the oil is used as an alternate to biodiesel. Oils from the seeds are mainly extracted through the mechanical method, traditional method and modern method.

 

Mechanical method

 

Oil presses:

 

Oil presses is a simple mechanical device that is used for oil extraction. There are different processes of oil presses. The Bielenberg ram process is the commonly used presses. It is the traditional method and it is used for preparing oil cakes and soaps. 3 liters of oil is extracted from 12 kg of seeds.

 

Oil expeller:

 

There are different types of oil expellers. Sayari oil expeller and komet oil expellers are commonly used oil expellers.

 

The sayari oil expeller is operated with diesel and it was originated in Nepal and komet is a single screw oil expeller and it is used in oil cake preparation.

 

Traditional method

 

In this method, jatropha oil is extracted from the seeds by hand using simple procedures. Till now it is practiced in rural and undeveloped areas.

 

Modern method

 

The modern methods are used to produce more oil with fewer seeds. Enzymatic treatment the oil is reacted with alcohol in the presence of catalyst. Methanol and ethanol is the alcohol used in the process and sodium hydroxide is used as the catalyst. The biodiesel is extracted from this process.

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Alternative Fuel a Biodiesel now a sustainable investment

Posted on Monday June 3rd, 2013 by admin

Jatropha biodiesel reduces the global warming as it absorbs carbon-di-oxide from air. The jatropha is the alternative fuel for diesel engine. It absorbs the impuried materials from the atmosphere

 

Jatropha is the sustainable investment and it is 100% renewable energy. Since it’s made domestically it reduces our dependence on foreign oil. It is non-toxic and pollution free.

The use of biodiesel improves engine life. Most of the properties are comparable with the diesel. In the Philippines, the Philippines national oil co is planning to build a refinery which processed to convert jatropha to biodiesel. Toyota tsusho corp shows their interest to grow jatropha as the plant requires only sunlight and sufficient amount of water. . Recently jatropha oil is used as the lubricant in engine. When it is added to petroleum products in little amount, it improves the lubrication of engine and improves the engine pick up.

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