Production and Technology of Bio-Diesel: Seeding a Change

Contents: 1. Status of bio-diesel 2. Production of raw material 3. Technology for bio-diesel production 4. Economic analysis of bio-diesel processes - a review 5. Policy issues for production and use of bio-diesel 6. Limitations and gaps. Conclusions.

"The book is based on the work that TERI has been doing in the field of bio-diesel production from jatropha. This unique publication covers the entire value chain involved in the production of bio-diesel, right from the nursery stage for the saplings to the production of transesterified oil (bio-diesel) for use in diesel-powered engines. The user will get in one volume valuable information pertaining to the production of bio-diesel, a process that requires inputs from various disciplines, like environment, biotechnology, chemical engineering, finance, economics, and automotive engineering.

 
Key Features:

• The book discusses in detail all that one wanted to know about bio-diesel.
• It is a compilation of the work that TERI is doing in the field of bio-diesel.
• It is a well structured and well organized representation of data.
• Extensive data in the form of comprehensive tables and figures supports the text.
• The language of the book is simple and pithy, which will interest even a lay reader."