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Biofuel
Summer 2019
Assistant Researcher,
National Research Centre
2019
Introduction
• Vegetable oils are produced from pressing oily plant. Biodiesel produced
from vegetable oils is considered renewable source, has become more
attractive recently due to their environmental benefits. They are
classified to edible and non edible oils .
• Edible oils have high production rate and high oil content to meet the
future energy demand such as soybeans, cotton, rapeseed and coconut.
Jatropha plant
Source of jatropha Oil
Jatropha Seeds
Jatropha Oil Extraction Methods
o It produces a large amount of oil from the seeds up to 30%, and this led
to the design and manufacturing of screw press for the production of
Jatropha oil by continuous method.
o Oil presses have been used for the purpose of oil extraction as
mechanical powered or manually driven.
Jatropha oil extraction process
Mechanical Screw Press Design