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Vegetable Oils
2.6 Challenges for Vegetable Oils
The major challenges that are faced by the vegetable oils for fuel purposes
are listed below (Peterson, 1999).
1. The price of vegetable oil is dependent on the seed price and it is
market based. Moreover, feed stock homogeneity, consistency, and
reliability are questionable.
2. Production of vegetable oil derived biofuels are at an optimum cost.
3. Studies are needed to reduce the production cost and identify potential markets in order to balance cost and availability.
4. Studies are needed on oxidation stability and long storage of vegetable oils.
5. Manufacturer warranty and compatibility with IC engine material
needs to be studied further.
6. Durability and emission testing with a wide range of feed stocks.
7. Environmental benefits to be offered by vegetable oil over diesel fuel
needs to be popularized.
8. Development of additives for improving cold flow properties, material compatibility, and prevention of oxidation in storage, etc.
9. Continuous and long-term availability of the vegetable oils.
References
Agarwal. A. K. 1999. Performance evaluation and tribological studies on biodiesel
fueled compression ignition engine. PhD Thesis, IIT Delhi, India.
ASTM International. 2009. ASTM book of standards 5.0 petroleum products, lubricants,
and fossil fuels. West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM International.
Barnwal, B. K., and M. P. Sharma. 2005. Prospects of biodiesel production from vegetable oils in India. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 9:363–78.
Bruwer, J. J., B. D. Boshoff, F. J. C. Hugo, L. M. DuPlessis, J. Fuls, C. Hawkins,
A. N. VanderWalt, and A. Engelbert. 1981. The utilization of sunflower seed oil
as renewable fuel diesel engines. Biomass Energy/Crop Production 2:4–81.
Czerwinski, J. 1994. Performance of D.I. diesel engine with addition of ethanol and
rapeseed oil. SAE 940545.
Demirbas, A. 2003. Biodiesel fuels from vegetable oils via catalytic and non-catalytic
supercritical alcohol transesterifications and other methods: A survey. Energy
Conversion and Management 44:2093–109.
German, T. J., K. R. Kaufman, G. L. Pratt, and J. Derry. 1985. Field evaluation of sunflower oil diesel fuel blends in diesel engines. ASAE 853078.
Vegetable Oils
2.6 Challenges for Vegetable Oils
The major challenges that are faced by the vegetable oils for fuel purposes
are listed below (Peterson, 1999).
1. The price of vegetable oil is dependent on the seed price and it is
market based. Moreover, feed stock homogeneity, consistency, and
reliability are questionable.
2. Production of vegetable oil derived biofuels are at an optimum cost.
3. Studies are needed to reduce the production cost and identify potential markets in order to balance cost and availability.
4. Studies are needed on oxidation stability and long storage of vegetable oils.
5. Manufacturer warranty and compatibility with IC engine material
needs to be studied further.
6. Durability and emission testing with a wide range of feed stocks.
7. Environmental benefits to be offered by vegetable oil over diesel fuel
needs to be popularized.
8. Development of additives for improving cold flow properties, material compatibility, and prevention of oxidation in storage, etc.
9. Continuous and long-term availability of the vegetable oils.
References
Agarwal. A. K. 1999. Performance evaluation and tribological studies on biodiesel
fueled compression ignition engine. PhD Thesis, IIT Delhi, India.
ASTM International. 2009. ASTM book of standards 5.0 petroleum products, lubricants,
and fossil fuels. West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM International.
Barnwal, B. K., and M. P. Sharma. 2005. Prospects of biodiesel production from vegetable oils in India. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 9:363–78.
Bruwer, J. J., B. D. Boshoff, F. J. C. Hugo, L. M. DuPlessis, J. Fuls, C. Hawkins,
A. N. VanderWalt, and A. Engelbert. 1981. The utilization of sunflower seed oil
as renewable fuel diesel engines. Biomass Energy/Crop Production 2:4–81.
Czerwinski, J. 1994. Performance of D.I. diesel engine with addition of ethanol and
rapeseed oil. SAE 940545.
Demirbas, A. 2003. Biodiesel fuels from vegetable oils via catalytic and non-catalytic
supercritical alcohol transesterifications and other methods: A survey. Energy
Conversion and Management 44:2093–109.
German, T. J., K. R. Kaufman, G. L. Pratt, and J. Derry. 1985. Field evaluation of sunflower oil diesel fuel blends in diesel engines. ASAE 853078.