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  • Can sunflower oil be converted into biodiesel?
  • The objective is to convert waste sunflower oil used for domestic purposes such as cooking oil into biodiesel using an alkali catalysed transesterification process. Sunflower is one of the leading oil seed crop, cultivated for the production of oil in the world.
  • How to make biodiesel from sunflower seeds?
  • The oil extracted from seeds was applied for biodiesel production through transesterification using a 6:1 methanol to oil molar ratio with 0.7% catalyst at 50 °C for 65 min. The process resulted in a 96.2% biodiesel yield with a heating value of 41.6 MJ/kg, corresponding to 84 kg biodiesel per ton of sunflower crop and 108.8 L gasoline-equivalent.
  • What is biodiesel & sunflower?
  • Sunflower is one of the leading oil seed crop, cultivated for the production of oil in the world. Biodiesel is gaining more and more importance as an attractive fuel due to the depleting fossil fuel resources. Chemically biodiesel is monoalkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from renewable feed stock like vegetable oils and animal fats.
  • Can sunflower oil be used for biofuel production?
  • The residues of the sunflower crop are inexpensive and widely available substrates. These waste streams are typically burned or even left unused, creating serious environmental issues. In the present study, sunflower oil and its residues are used for biofuel production in the biorefinery framework.
  • Is biodiesel produced from waste sunflower oil better than palm oil?
  • Furthermore, Simbi et al. , reported enhanced fuel quality of biodiesel produced from waste sunflower oil as compared to waste palm oil. As a result of the availability of edible oils such as sunflower oil in certain regions like Europe and the USA, there is more advancement of this type of renewable energy development .
  • Can sunflower produce biogas and biodiesel?
  • The results showed the high potential of the sunflower crop for biogas and biodiesel production, even without pretreatment and acidic transesterification. The optimum biorefinery produced 11095.0 MJ bioenergy (210.9 m 3 methane and 0.084 t biodiesel) per ton of sunflower.