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Biodiesel Technology Need of the Hour For India
The non-renewability, ecological issues and health hazards related to the nonrenewable fuel sources has caused exploration of alternative sources of energy to replace the standard ones. An appealing innovation, still in its infancy, that might reveal us the way to the future ahead is Biodiesels. Biodiesels are diesel fuels stemmed from grease or animal-fat that could be used to run diesel motors. Vegetables oils like sunflower, rape seed, palm oil, soya bean, Jatropha and so on can be subjected to oil processing to produce biodiesels. It includes no petroleum but can be mixed with petroleum diesel for use or could be utilized in its pure type.
Developed countries particularly United States and European Countries have currently made substantial advances in the Biodiesel Technology. Biodiesel have actually found its use across industries and verticals and might become an ideal cleaner and less expensive option to petrol, diesel and nonrenewable fuel sources. India has also started exploring the opportunities to produce and use bio-diesel. A variety of plants for biodiesel transesterification are already operating in the nation where veggie oils are reacted with alcohols (ethanol or methanol usually) to produce bio-diesel.
The main reason for the increasing need for biodiesels is the fact that biodiesels are sustainable and carbon-neutral, thus having no net effect on the climate. Besides, bio-diesel runs in compression engines similar to typical petroleum diesel and for this reason can be utilized with little or no engine adjustments. Biodiesel do not need any separate infrastructure for its storage and can be saved much like the petroleum based fuels.
Considering the growing energy demand in the nation, increasing petroleum costs and the of nonrenewable fuel sources, the Indian Government has used up initiatives to establish the Bio Diesel Technology in India and established more oil processing systems. The Government announced its ‘National Biofuel Policy’ on 12 September 2008 which intends to meet 20% of India’s diesel demand with bio-fuels in the coming years.
Globally, edible veggie oils like sunflower, soya bean, rape seed, palm oil are used as the pre-dominant basic materials for oil processing and biodiesel production but in India the maximum capacity to produce biodiesels is from Jatropha oil – a non-edible one produced from the seeds of the Jatropha curcas. The greatest advantage of utilizing Jatropha as a basic material is that this plant can be grown in big amounts in wastelands all across India requiring extremely little water in contrast to other cash crops. Once grown, the plant has a beneficial life expectancy of a number of decades. The Jatropha seeds consist of 40% oil and are considered to be an excellent source of bio-diesel. The Government of India has recognized 400,000 square kilometres of land suitable for the Jatropha growing in the country. India now
A study estimates that even if a mixing effort of 2% Jatropha based Biodiesel is accomplished in 2011-12, India will conserve around Rs. 3000 crores. Besides, it will create around Rs. 5500 crores in the rural economy and help in decrease of Green House Gas emission by 3 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) every year. The federal government is taking actions to encourage the cultivation of jatropha curcas in India supplying complimentary seeds, subsidized loans and other centers. India requires to now reinforce its efforts to make the fullest usage of the Biodiesel Technology. Besides Jatropha, the opportunities for drawing out biodiesel from vegetable oils, fats, sunflower, rape seed oil and palm oil ought to likewise be checked out. It will not just offer an answer to the challenge of Global Warming but could reduce our reliance on foreign oil and contribute to our own economy.