Production of Biodiesel from Castor Oil: A Review
An attractive alternative to the use of fossil fuels is biodiesel, which can be obtained from a variety of feedstock through different transesterification systems such as ultrasound, microwave, biological, chemical, among others. The efficient and cost-effective biodiesel production depends on sever...
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| author | Carlos S. Osorio-González Natali Gómez-Falcon Fabiola Sandoval-Salas Rahul Saini Satinder K. Brar Antonio Avalos Ramírez |
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| description | An attractive alternative to the use of fossil fuels is biodiesel, which can be obtained from a variety of feedstock through different transesterification systems such as ultrasound, microwave, biological, chemical, among others. The efficient and cost-effective biodiesel production depends on several parameters such as free fatty acid content in the feedstock, transesterification reaction efficiency, alcohol:oil ratio, catalysts type, and several parameters during the production process. However, biodiesel production from vegetable oils is under development, causing the final price of biodiesel to be higher than diesel derived from petroleum. An alternative to decrease the production costs will be the use of economical feedstocks and simple production processes. Castor oil is an excellent raw material in terms of price and quality, but especially this non-edible vegetable oil does not have any issues or compromise food security. Recently, the use of castor oil has attracted attention for producing and optimizing biodiesel production, due to high content of ricinoleic fatty acid and the possibility to esterify with only methanol, which assures low production costs. Additionally, biodiesel from castor oil has different advantages over conventional diesel. Some of them are biodegradable, non-toxic, renewable, they can be used alone, low greenhouse gas emission, among others. This review discusses and analyzes different transesterification processes, technologies, as well as different technical aspects during biodiesel production using castor oil as a feedstock. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55df2e9e5f6a42e187a4bc725aa251ef2023-11-20T00:24:19ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732020-05-011310246710.3390/en13102467Production of Biodiesel from Castor Oil: A ReviewCarlos S. Osorio-González0Natali Gómez-Falcon1Fabiola Sandoval-Salas2Rahul Saini3Satinder K. Brar4Antonio Avalos Ramírez5Department of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, North York, TO M3J 1P3, CanadaDepartment of Biotechnology, Scientific Research Center of Yucatan, Mérida 97205, MexicoSubdirection of Research and Postgraduate Studies, Tecnológico Nacional de México/ITS Perote, Perote 91270, MexicoDepartment of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, North York, TO M3J 1P3, CanadaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, North York, TO M3J 1P3, CanadaCentre national en électrochimie et en technologies environnementales, Shawinigan, QC G9N 6V8, CanadaAn attractive alternative to the use of fossil fuels is biodiesel, which can be obtained from a variety of feedstock through different transesterification systems such as ultrasound, microwave, biological, chemical, among others. The efficient and cost-effective biodiesel production depends on several parameters such as free fatty acid content in the feedstock, transesterification reaction efficiency, alcohol:oil ratio, catalysts type, and several parameters during the production process. However, biodiesel production from vegetable oils is under development, causing the final price of biodiesel to be higher than diesel derived from petroleum. An alternative to decrease the production costs will be the use of economical feedstocks and simple production processes. Castor oil is an excellent raw material in terms of price and quality, but especially this non-edible vegetable oil does not have any issues or compromise food security. Recently, the use of castor oil has attracted attention for producing and optimizing biodiesel production, due to high content of ricinoleic fatty acid and the possibility to esterify with only methanol, which assures low production costs. Additionally, biodiesel from castor oil has different advantages over conventional diesel. Some of them are biodegradable, non-toxic, renewable, they can be used alone, low greenhouse gas emission, among others. This review discusses and analyzes different transesterification processes, technologies, as well as different technical aspects during biodiesel production using castor oil as a feedstock.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/10/2467biodieselcastor oiltransesterificationpurification<i>R. communis</i> |
| spellingShingle | Carlos S. Osorio-González Natali Gómez-Falcon Fabiola Sandoval-Salas Rahul Saini Satinder K. Brar Antonio Avalos Ramírez Production of Biodiesel from Castor Oil: A Review Energies biodiesel castor oil transesterification purification <i>R. communis</i> |
| title | Production of Biodiesel from Castor Oil: A Review |
| title_full | Production of Biodiesel from Castor Oil: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Production of Biodiesel from Castor Oil: A Review |
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| title_short | Production of Biodiesel from Castor Oil: A Review |
| title_sort | production of biodiesel from castor oil a review |
| topic | biodiesel castor oil transesterification purification <i>R. communis</i> |
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