JATROPHA CURCAS: A RENEWABLE BIODIESEL PLANT

Abstract: Our human race is achieving throttling advancement in modern scenario which leads to crisis of petroleum based oil which bound us to the pavement for search of biodiesel. Biodiesel is an alternative fuel for diesel engine. The paper investigates the prospect of making cultivation & economic analysis of biodiesel from Jatropha oil. Jatropha is a renewable non edible plant which grows in arid & semi arid region of the country on degraded soils having low fertility & moisture. Jatropha seeds contains 50%-60% oil which after three years of cultivation have an oil yield of 2.5- 1.2 tons per hectare & the by¬¬- product of this biodiesel is glycerine which has different applications. Jatropha oil widely viewed as a fuel capable of growing in marginal areas where other crops can't yield satisfactorily with astonishing Capability of producing biodiesel on a very wide scale. Keywords: Jatropha Curcas, Bio-fuel, Bio Plant, Renewable Energy, Energy, Green Energy, Future Energy.