production of biodiesel from vegetable oil in zimbabwe

   
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  • production of biodiesel from vegetable oil in zimbabwe
What is biodiesel production?

Biodiesel production Biodiesel production is related to biofuels and biodiesel, which originate with vegetable oil and fats that react to methanol (MeOH) or ethanol (EtOH). The main sources of obtaining biodiesel are edible feedstock, nonedible feedstock, waste oil and microalgae etc.

How is biodiesel produced from vegetable oil?

This article is focused on reviewing the production of biodiesel from vegetable oil. Biodiesel is produced by Tran's esterification, catalytic and non-catalytic Tran's esterification, in addition to assisted techniques such as ultrasonic and microwave assisted Tran's esterification.

What are the sources of biodiesel?

The main sources of obtaining biodiesel are edible feedstock, nonedible feedstock, waste oil and microalgae etc. As we discuss in earlier section Dr. Rudolf Diesel was the first person to produce biodiesel from vegetable oils.

How to produce biodiesel?

Removing oil from seeds is only the first step to produce biodiesel. Extraction is mainly integrated into two methods based on the volume of production and infrastructure. The first extraction method is small-scale pressing.