Access
to modern energy is unanimously considered as a key factor in the industrial
development and in providing basic services for the improvement of life
standard, and as a driving force for an economic progress . With the increases
of oil prices, there is a renewed interest in vegetable oil and their
derivatives as alternative fuels for diesel engines. The development of
renewable technologies and in particular biofuels production in developing
countries could provide opportunities for poverty reduction and for energy
needs satisfaction in rural and remote region.
It could help creating employment
and local economic development opportunities. It could contribute to the
protection of human health from air pollution, enhancing energy security.
Biofuels, as their name implies, are fuels derived from biomass that can be
converted through biochemical, physical or thermochemical processes. Vegetable
oils can be used as fuel in diesel engines, but the main problem with the use
of pure vegetable oils as fuels is related to its high viscosity, resulting
problems of vaporization of fuel in the combustion chamber, the difficulties of
pumping, clogging of injectors over time and other engine problems . Instead,
esters derived from vegetable oils show similar features to those of petroleum
diesel fuels. Read more.....................
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