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PRESENTED BY-MOHD ASIF SIDDIQUE

CHE 3RD YEARIET LKO

BIODIESEL FROM JATROPHA

Contents• What is Bio-Diesel?• Uses of Bio-Diesel• Biofuel Life Cycle• Jatropha Process• Features Of Jatropha- Biodiesel• Facts & Figures• Production Cost and Revenue• Drivers and Challenges• Conclusion

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What is Bio-Diesel?

a processed fuel derived from biological sources (such as vegetable oils), which can be used in unmodified diesel-engined vehicles.

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Uses of Biodiesel

• Electricity production

• Transportation– Railways– Ships– Automobiles

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Jatropha Process

Features Of Jatropha- Biodiesel

• Jatropha grows well on low fertility soils

• Jatropha begins yielding seeds in the first year after plantation.

Facts & Figures• The cost of 1kg of jatropha seeds in India is 6 Rupees.• The cost of 1000 jatropha saplings (enough for one acre) in

Pakistan is around 5000PKR.• After the first five years, the typical annual yield of a jatropha

tree is 3.5kg of beans.• Jatropha trees are productive for up to 30-40 years.• 2,200 trees can be planted per hectare (approx 1,000 per

acre).• 1 hectare yields around 7 tonnes of seeds per year.• The oil pressed from 4kg of seeds is needed to make 1 litre of

biodiesel

Facts & Figures• Glycerol, a biproduct of biodiesel refinement, can be sold in

India for around 45-70p per kilogram.• Crushing 1 tonne of Jatropha seeds costs around $40 (£23)• 1 tonne of seedcake (the leftovers after pressing) can be

sold for $100 (£55).• Filtered jatropha oil can be used as is in many diesel

vehicles (as SVO) with only small modifications required to the engine.

• Jatropha oil can be used as a kerosene substitute for heating and lamps.

• Jatropha oil burns with a clear smokeless flame.• Bio-Diesel is sold in India at Rs.36/litre.

BIO-DIESEL PLANT

Production Cost and Revenue

Production Cost and Profit• Cost of raw jatropha oil = Rs. 22/litre • Biodiesel processing cost = Rs. 9/litre • Cost of production = Rs. 31/litre • Less return from crude glycerol = Rs. 3/litre • Net cost of production = Rs. 28/litre • Dealers margin = Rs. 1/litre • Profit = Rs. 3/litre • Sale price of biodiesel = Rs. 32/litre

Practicality

Indian Railways • Singed MoU with Indian Oil

Corporation for planting Jatropha.

• 43000 hec out which 81 hec is planted.

• RDSO-Transesterification Plant for Biodiesel.

Regenatec• British Company• JV activity in India with

CleanStar.• Beed District.

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Some more practicalities

• The former President of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam, is one of the strong advocaters of Jatropha cultivation for production of bio-diesel.

• The State Bank of India provided a boost to the cultivation of Jatropha in India by signing a MoU with D1 Mohan, a joint venture of D1 Oils plc, to give loans to the tune of 1.3 billion rupees to local farmers in India.

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Older diesel Mercedes are popular for running on biodiesel

Conclusion • By mixing of 20 per cent biodiesel with diesel will help India

to save 7.3x106 tonnes of diesel per year.

• In India about 33 million hectares of wasteland is available and can effectively be used for cultivation of jatropha plants.

• It offers business possibility to agricultural enterprises and rural employment.