Jatropha curcas L. as a source for the production of biofuel in Nicaragua

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-82

  Foidl, N ^a   Foidl, G ^a   Sanchez, M ^a   Mittelbach, M ^b   Hackel, S ^b  

^a Proyecto Biomasa   (Nicaragua)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Diesel fuel; Jatropha curcas L.; Transesterification; Vegetable oil

Indexed keywords

ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; LIQUID FUELS; SEED; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIODIESEL; ENERGY SOURCES; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

DIESEL FUELS;

DIESEL FUEL; ESTER; FUEL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CROP; NICARAGUA; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 0030268037     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(96)00111-3     Document Type: Article

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