Castor oil biodiesel and its blends as alternative fuel

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2861-2866

  Berman, Paula ^a   Nizri, Shahar ^a   Wiesman, Zeev ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biodiesel petrodiesel blend; Castor (Ricinus communis L.) methyl esters; Fuel properties Standards; Ricinoleic acid

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL FEEDSTOCK; BIODIESEL-PETRODIESEL BLEND; CASTOR OIL BIODIESEL; DISTILLATION TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; FUEL PROPERTIES STANDARDS; HIGH-CONTENT; LOW LEVEL; METHYL ESTERS; NON-EDIBLE OIL; PETRODIESEL; RICINOLEIC ACID; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SEED PRODUCTION; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIODIESEL; DISTILLATION; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDSTOCKS; SPECIFICATIONS; VEGETABLE OILS;

OILSEEDS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; COMMERCIALIZATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CRUDE OIL; DICOTYLEDON; ENERGY CROP; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; SEMIARID REGION;

RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 79958122294     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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