Background Jatropha curcas is a drought resistant shrub native in tropical America, now widely grown in many tropical and subtropical regions for biodiesel production [1]. First reports on virus infections in Jatropha indicated the occurrence of viruses closely related to Cassava mosaic virus in India, reaching a disease incidence from 25 to 47%. This might represent a major constrain to the pr...

Pollution by crude oil is wide spread and a common problem, and particularly endemic in countries whose economies are dependent on the oil industry. Such pollution arises either accidentally or operationally wherever oil is produced, transported, stored, processed or used. Benzene contamination of soil may also occur due to oil production facilities and coastal refineries. This problem arises b...

The use of non-edible oils for energy production is attracting increasing attention, with a particular focus on those that can be produced from plants growing in non-arable areas. Among the possible alternatives, high free fatty acid content, such as jatropha, have shown great potential. optimization jatropha oil presence bio-based alcohol (butanol) was investigated biodiesel using commercial e...

Jatropha curcas oil is one of interesting renewable resources for preparation biolubricants. However, direct application this as a biolubricant restricted due to its low oxidative stability. This drawback can be overcome by molecule structural redesign through chemical modification process at unsaturated functional groups. was modified via epoxidation, ring opening and esterification processes....

experiments were conducted to evaluate the performance of a low heat rejection (lhr) diesel engine. performance parameters and emission levels were determined at various magnitudes of brake mean effective pressure. combustion characteristics of the engine were measured with tdc (top dead centre) encoder, pressure transducer, console and special pressure-crank angle software package at peak load...

For countries, which produce oil crops, vegetable oil is a potential source of alternative fuel. Over the years there have been many attempts to use various types of vegetable oil directly in diesel engines. These include palm oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, coconut oil, rapeseed oil, jatropha oil etc. Crude Palm Oil (CPO) is one of the promising renewable bio-fuels. Many resear...

Jatropha curcas seeds are an excellent biofuel feedstock, but seed yields of Jatropha are limited by its poor flowering and fruiting ability. Thus, identifying genes controlling flowering is critical for genetic improvement of seed yield. We isolated the JcLFY, a Jatropha ortholog of Arabidopsis thaliana LEAFY (LFY), and identified JcLFY function by overexpressing it in Arabidopsis and Jatropha...

The aim of the present research work is to investigate the influence of Jatropha biodiesel properties on various characteristics of a direct injection compression ignition engine. The experiments were performed at different engine operating regimes with the injection timing prescribed by the engine manufacturer for diesel fuel. The engine characteristics with Jatropha biodiesel were compared ag...