Biodiesel production from Jatropha curcas: A critical review

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-64

  Abdulla, Rahmath ^a   Chan, Eng Seng ^a   Ravindra, Pogaku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

biodiesel; chemical transesterification; enzymatic transesterification; Jatropha; Lipase; oil extraction

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL FEEDSTOCK; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL CATALYST; CRITICAL REVIEW; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENZYMATIC TRANSESTERIFICATION; ETHYL ESTERS; GREEN FUEL; HIGH COSTS; IMMOBILIZATION TECHNIQUE; IMMOBILIZED LIPASE; INDONESIA; J. CURCAS; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; MALAYSIA; NON-EDIBLE OIL; OIL EXTRACTION;

ESTERS; FUEL OILS; FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIPASES; RESEARCH; TRANSESTERIFICATION; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIODIESEL;

ARACHIDIC ACID; BEHENIC ACID; BIODIESEL; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; STEARIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VEGETABLE OIL;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; EXTRACTION; INDIA; INDONESIA; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

BIOFUELS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; ESTERIFICATION; JATROPHA; LIPASE; PLANT OILS;

JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 79951830065     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2010.487185     Document Type: Review

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