Biodiesel from Jatropha

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Jatropha (Jatropha oil) has recently started presenting many as an alternative source of biodiesel. Biodiesel is produced from seeds of jatropha oil that normally grow in tropical regions like Indonesia. And studies of the oil produced from these plants in the following discussion, it seems a diesel substitute.
Distance Tamanan jatropha "
Jatropha is the production of biodiesel from jatropha plants, which in English is called "Physics Nut" with a species of jatropha, a plant that is often mistakenly identified with the distance of plants in English is called " a species of castor bean, Ricinus communis.
Both plants are from families of plant classification (family), which is the same, "Euphorbiaceae". None of the classification of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae, is known locally as the plant from Indonesia. jatropha as "sex" in the classification of 12 species of plants, all in a name known locally as "Jatropha".
Besides being known as same room facilities spacing Physics Nut "and" Castor Bean 'is here, mostly in tropical regions like Indonesia, although both types of plants can be obtained from the seeds and extracting oil. Spacing between plants only "Castor Bean" is often associated with the production of ricin poison is very dangerous and is widely used for cancer research, while the biodiesel plant "biofuels closer spacing of information" Physic Nut "or". Although the name of the place, of course, the two units differ greatly both in the form of plant morphology and the resulting oil.
Castor oil in the engine
In mid-2004, DaimlerChrysler, one of the leaders in the automotive industry, successfully tested the use of biomass fuels BTL (for liquids), the first Mercedes-Benz C-Series (Mercedes-Benz C 220, ed.) Distance 5900 km Role of extreme conditions in India (India Daily, 07/19/2004). The fuel is then given the trade name SunDiesel derived from castor oil and is one of DaimlerChrysler to develop a biodiesel program.
The benefits of castor oil as an alternative fuel, in fact, has long been known. For example, through a revised edition published by Gübitz et al (1999) of the journal Bioresource Technology 67, said that the year 1997, the Austrian group, the results of tests of castor oil, posted on a series of diesel engines. Within these observations also said that long before the trial was conducted in 1982, researchers in Japan have also obtained satisfactory results in tests of motor performance when using castor oil in Thailand.
Jatropha oil development in Indonesia
Jatropha oil development in Indonesia through a scientific approach, developed by Dr. Robert Manurung teknologia Institute of Bandung (ITB) since 1997, focusing on the extraction of Jatropha oil. Since 2004, this study was funded by the Mitsubishi Research Institute (MIRI) and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development (NEDO), Japan (Kompas, 05/12/2005).
Faced with the crisis of fuel shortages and rising fuel prices in Indonesia, the government began to explore alternative sources of energy. Castor oil is beginning to attract serious attention from the government. Once set in motion by the ABI was followed by the IPB, and then with the central government agency, who is a friend and local governments, as the provincial government. East Nusa Tenggara, the state government. West Nusa Tenggara, Pemkab. And Purwakarta Regency Government. Indramayu and public companies such as PT. Pertamina, PT. PLN and PT. Rajawali Nusantara Indonesia (RNI), which work together to develop the castor oil as an alternative fuel. Vocational High School does not lose all sectors of agriculture, the development of the castor oil to take to develop alternative fuels.
Possibility
At least one of optimism in the market for castor oil may be totally open, with the emergence of a declaration of Pertamina President Director of Pertamina, which stipulates that the oil is ready for the distance from the public for the processing and biodiesel (www.pertamina . com, 08/18 / 2005) of housing. Japan also pledged in the Kyoto Protocol for alternative energy products are ready to buy castor oil