Biodiesel from Castor Oil – Castor Oil as Biofuel

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See Plant Oils Used for Biodiesel section for the complete list of plant oils that are being evaluated for biodiesel production.

Biodiesel from Castor Oil – Castor Oil as Biofuel

Castor oil has quite a few characteristics that can make it a suitable candidate for biodiesel. One aspect that could queer the pitch for castor oil is its viscosity. Castor oil in its straight vegetable oil form is about 100 times as viscous as diesel fuel, and while trans-esterification does reduce the viscosity significantly, it is still being researched whether the final viscosity for castor oil biodiesel is within acceptable limits for use in diesel engines.

·         Castor Oil as Bio-diesel & Biofuel – from CastorOil.in

·         Energy in a Castor Bean – from Tierramerica

See also the Biodiesel around the World section for status of Biodiesel across the world, especially in the following countries:

North America > USA, Canada, Mexico

South America > Brazil, Argentina

Europe – UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia (Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway), Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg), Portugal, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, Ireland – Dublin

Asia – India, China & Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Russia 

Middle East - Turkey, Israel

Oceania – Australia

Africa - South Africa

BDPedia.com, the Biodiesel WWW Encyclopedia, provides links, provides directory and web links resources for the biofuels, biodiesel. It is intended to be useful for research and information as well as for buyers, sellers, manufacturers, traders, suppliers, producers, exporters and importers. It will make an effort to provide biofuel feedstock, plant oil feedstocks, vegetable oil info and link, details on oilseeds, bio-fuel, bio-diesel, bio-fuels, plant oils production and uses, and biofuels trade & market resources, data, statistics such as price, prices, demand-supply for buyer, seller, manufacturer, trader, supplier, exporter and producer

Other References

Some interesting sites:

  • Plant Oils Database – provides resources and links for over 200 different plant oils and related plant extracts
  • BDPedia – The Biodiesel WWW Encyclopedia

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