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1.1 Industrial Oil Plant Resources
1.1.1 Distribution
Industrial oilseed plants refer to those plants that produce oils, aromatic oils or similar alkanes and have the characteristics of replacing petroleum, chemical and material resources [8]. They are mainly used in the production of energy and chemical
products. Industrial oil plants have high efficiency in capturing solar energy, absorbing greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, synthesizing of biomass energy raw materials
and releasing oxygen, improving the ecological environment with renewable and
environmentally friendly [9].
Industrial oil plant resources are an important source of energy, chemical and material raw materials. The large-scale utilization of industrial oil plant resources has great
significance in saving cultivated land, improving the ecological environment, increasing farmers’ income and cultivating new economic growth points. Industrial oil plant
utilization technology mainly includes high-efficiency oil preparation and grease
clean conversion technology. The leading products are biodiesel, bio-lubricants and
other energy products, such as ink resins and bitumen materials.
Industrial oil plant seeds or raw materials of fruit oil and fat can be indirectly
converted into products including biodiesel, bio-lubricants, bio-aviation fuel oils and
oleochemical [10]. The trimmed stems can also be directly prepared or converted
into solid and gaseous fuels. Mainly include (1) plants rich in oil-like: there are many
varieties of this kind of plants, such as jojoba, Caper Spurge, Indiantree spurge, rubber
tree and then. They can be used as diesel oil through simple degreasing treatment,
which has low production cost and high utilization rate, and is the best source for plant
energy; (2) oil rich in plants: an organ of these type of plants (such as seed or fruit)
has highly oil content and we can extract the oil from them and convert it to biodiesel.
The traditional industrial oil plants, such as Arecaceae, Aleurites fordii Hemsl, Linum
usitatissimum L. are also important raw material for paint, and as a woody oil tree
with high economic value and rich in unsaturated fatty acids, these plants are mainly
included in the Euphorbiaceae, Lauraceae, Myrtaceae, Apocynaceae, Compositae,
Leguminosae, Comaceae, Flacourtiaceae and Asclepiadaceae. The types of plant
fuel oils that have been used for production include eucalyptus oil, Jatropha carcas,
Lindera flavinervia Allen, Litsea cubeba, Xanthium sibiricuma and then, most of
these plants are closely related to human life and are an important part of people’s
life and industrial production. Some industrial oil plants are shown as follow:
J. Chen et al.
1.1 Industrial Oil Plant Resources
1.1.1 Distribution
Industrial oilseed plants refer to those plants that produce oils, aromatic oils or similar alkanes and have the characteristics of replacing petroleum, chemical and material resources [8]. They are mainly used in the production of energy and chemical
products. Industrial oil plants have high efficiency in capturing solar energy, absorbing greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, synthesizing of biomass energy raw materials
and releasing oxygen, improving the ecological environment with renewable and
environmentally friendly [9].
Industrial oil plant resources are an important source of energy, chemical and material raw materials. The large-scale utilization of industrial oil plant resources has great
significance in saving cultivated land, improving the ecological environment, increasing farmers’ income and cultivating new economic growth points. Industrial oil plant
utilization technology mainly includes high-efficiency oil preparation and grease
clean conversion technology. The leading products are biodiesel, bio-lubricants and
other energy products, such as ink resins and bitumen materials.
Industrial oil plant seeds or raw materials of fruit oil and fat can be indirectly
converted into products including biodiesel, bio-lubricants, bio-aviation fuel oils and
oleochemical [10]. The trimmed stems can also be directly prepared or converted
into solid and gaseous fuels. Mainly include (1) plants rich in oil-like: there are many
varieties of this kind of plants, such as jojoba, Caper Spurge, Indiantree spurge, rubber
tree and then. They can be used as diesel oil through simple degreasing treatment,
which has low production cost and high utilization rate, and is the best source for plant
energy; (2) oil rich in plants: an organ of these type of plants (such as seed or fruit)
has highly oil content and we can extract the oil from them and convert it to biodiesel.
The traditional industrial oil plants, such as Arecaceae, Aleurites fordii Hemsl, Linum
usitatissimum L. are also important raw material for paint, and as a woody oil tree
with high economic value and rich in unsaturated fatty acids, these plants are mainly
included in the Euphorbiaceae, Lauraceae, Myrtaceae, Apocynaceae, Compositae,
Leguminosae, Comaceae, Flacourtiaceae and Asclepiadaceae. The types of plant
fuel oils that have been used for production include eucalyptus oil, Jatropha carcas,
Lindera flavinervia Allen, Litsea cubeba, Xanthium sibiricuma and then, most of
these plants are closely related to human life and are an important part of people’s
life and industrial production. Some industrial oil plants are shown as follow: