Biofuels and Bioenergy

Biodiesel is produced by transesterifications and esterification of small chain fatty acids of the oil crops. This involves the vegetables or animal’s fats and oils being react with the short chain of alcohols like methanol and ethanol. When Jatropha seeds are crushed to the resulting Jatropha oil can be used to process to produce a high-quality of biofuel or biodiesel that can be using a standard diesel car or further processed into jet fuel, while the residue can also be used as biomass feedstock to power electricity plants, used as a fertilizer or as animal fodder. Research is being for conducted on developing the algae as potential biodiesel feedstock, because it is expected to produce the high yields from a smaller of land than vegetables oils.