Biodiesel from Rapeseed – Rapeseed 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 Rapeseed – Rapeseed Oil as Biofuel

Rapeseed oil is one of the more prominent oils used for biodiesel preparation. In Europe, rapeseed is the most common base oil used in biodiesel production.
 
·         Rapeseed Bio-diesel from Cogeneration.net

·         The Power of Rapeseed – from Deutsche Welle, Germany

·         Rapeseed Methyl Ester – from BioMatNet

·         Development of Rapeseed Bio-diesel for Use in High-speed Diesel Engines – from Biodiesel.org (PDF)

·         Biodiesel Experiences in Yugoslavia – from Biodiesel.org (PDF)

·         Biodiesel Production Potential from Industrial Rapeseed (PDF)

·         Economic Evaluation of Biodiesel Production from Oilseed Rape (PDF)

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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