Engineering Research Practice on Jatropha Curcas Biodiesel Production

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Contents
The problem and its setting........................................................................................ 2
Importance of the study and the general Background............................................2
Problem Statement..................................................................................................... 2
Sub-problems.......................................................................................................... 3
Limitation of the study............................................................................................... 3
Hypothesis.................................................................................................................. 4
Acronyms................................................................................................................... 4
Assumptions............................................................................................................... 4
Literature Review....................................................................................................... 4
Jatropha Curcas (Al-Sharb)...................................................................................... 4
The methodology of the research............................................................................... 8
Data collection........................................................................................................ 8
The process of Producing Jatropha Biodiesel........................................................8
Systematic Description of solving the problem..........................................................9
Ethical Consideration................................................................................................ 12
Outline of the proposed Study.................................................................................. 13
8. Kernel Cooling Unit................................................................................................. 13
Estimates of the Budgets......................................................................................... 14
Kernel Cooling Unit................................................................................................... 14
Peeling Unit Machine................................................................................................ 14
Gantt chart............................................................................................................... 14
REFERENCES............................................................................................................ 16
The problem and its setting
Importance of the study and the general Background
There is a rapid increase in demand and consumption of petroleum products yearly following the
increase in urbanization, living standards and the population as a whole. Additionally, the

extinction threat on the non-renewable sources globally has effectively offered encouragement to
employ other means to conventional, petroleum products currently found in the market. The
current fuels in common use across the world which are obtained from fossil fuel are diesel and
gasoline. There is no great variation however in the amount of diesel consumed in several
countries including the UK which has been estimating to about 230 000 tons per month. The
development, as well as the economy of UK, is greatly influenced by the increased importation
of crude oil(Mehmood et al 2019).
Apart from the extinction threat of fossil fuel, as a result of its non-renewable nature, gasoline is
linked to negative impacts on the environment. Diesel-driven vehicles were prohibited from an
operation following the vigorous air pollution by the emissions of harmful gases in large
amounts sometimes back. Accumulation of the harmful gases like CO and SOX to high levels
results in effects like health problems, global warming, and acid rain. Therefore, putting into
consideration fuels with renewable sources, more friendly to the environment in order to attain
the demand for energy that increase globally should be overstressed.
Problem Statement
There are numerous sources for both renewable and non-renewable energy including petrol,
mineral, diesel, and coal. Currently, it can be observed that there is a daily increase in the
demand for the non-renewable sources of energy. This particular demand is likely to pose future
problems due to the unbalanced ratio for the demand and supply of these resources. This may
result in energy crises. The trending effect will be reflected on the human development.
Scholars have developed intensive research due to such critical problem to come up with
alternatives for renewable energy sources such as tidal energy, viz solar energy and wind energy.
From the years back, research has been conducted on vegetable oil in some parts of the world as

an alternative source of fuel. In developed countries, most of the production of biodiesel is from
peanut, rapeseed, sunflower, soybean and many others as a mechanism of addressing energy
crises.
Sub-problems
There are no modifications or any kind of system injection or the lines of fuels required for the
use of vegetable oil that is transesterified or changed chemically. The vegetable oil can be
directly applied in the diesel engine. Out of the different types of vegetable oils used in the
production of biodiesel, non-edible oils are preferred since the edible ones are in great demand
and at the same time expensive compared to diesel fuel. The competition for edible oil for food
consumption and diesel oil production thus remains to be a challenge.
Limitation of the study
Jatropha curcas has been identified out of the non-edible sources of oil to be the great source of
biodiesel and in comparison to other sources that have also greatly contributed to the rapid
growth, jatropha curcas has been realized to be more efficient for the production and is
appropriate for the tropical and subtropical areas across the world. The species are limited to
offer enough diesel fuel for the country and may result in large currency on export for the
country. However, the study did not explore all varieties of Jatropha curcas and therefore are
possibility of having limitations in terms of the quality of the oil when other varieties are tested.
Hypothesis
The oil has a high content of diesel and the extraction, as well as modification, can easily be
performed due to the natural state of the climate.