Biodiesel

This reports describes experiments with running diesel engines on Jatropha oil, or Methyl ester, as well as a litterature survey

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- Biodiesel is an potential fuel for diesel
engine and is in demand nowdays due to several
factors including price stability, limited reserve of
carbon fuel, and environmental issue. Jatropha is one

The volatile world market prices for fossil fuels in the past years have significantly increased interest in the development of indigenous sources of energy in the Pacific islands.

Fossil fuels (sometimes called petro-diesel) for use in compressed ignition (diesel) engines are increasingly being replaced by fuels consisting of a blend of petro-diesel and oils from a vegetable origin (either pure or after a process

In this paper some technical background is given about the discussion about the supposed carcinogenity of the tailpipe emissions from engines that are fed with biofuels.

The volatile world market prices for fossil fuels in the past years have significantly increased interest in the development of indigenous sources of energy in the Pacific islands.

Abstract. While the production of biofuels has expanded in recent years, findings in the literature on its impact on growth and development remain contradictory.