
Agro Diesel (India) Private Ltd
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Founded Date September 14, 1912
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Biodiesel Technology Need of the Hour for India
The non-renewability, environmental issues and health hazards associated with the fossil fuels has actually resulted in exploration of alternative sources of energy to replace the standard ones. A promising technology, still in its infancy, that could show us the way to the future ahead is Biodiesels. Biodiesels are diesel fuels obtained from veggie oil or animal-fat that might be utilized to run diesel engines. Vegetables oils like sunflower, rape seed, palm oil, soya bean, Jatropha etc 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 used in its pure kind.
Developed countries specifically United States and European Countries have actually already made significant advances in the Biodiesel Technology. Biodiesel have actually discovered its usage throughout industries and verticals and could become an ideal cleaner and less expensive alternative to gas, diesel and fossil fuels. India has also started checking out the chances to produce and use bio-diesel. A variety of plants for biodiesel transesterification are currently working in the country where veggie oils are reacted with alcohols (ethanol or methanol generally) to produce bio-diesel.
The main factor for the increasing demand for biodiesels is the truth that biodiesels are renewable and carbon-neutral, thus having no net impact on the environment. Besides, bio-diesel runs in compression engines much like typical petroleum diesel and thus can be utilized with little or no engine modifications. Biodiesel do not need any separate facilities for its storage and can be kept much like the petroleum based fuels.
Considering the growing energy need in the country, increasing petroleum rates and the ecological dangers of nonrenewable fuel sources, the Indian Government has taken up efforts to establish the Bio Diesel Technology in India and established more oil processing units. The Government revealed its ‘National Biofuel Policy’ on 12 September 2008 which aims to satisfy 20% of India’s diesel need 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 raw products for oil processing and biodiesel production but in India the optimal capacity to produce biodiesels is from Jatropha oil – a non-edible one produced from the seeds of the Jatropha curcas. The greatest benefit of using Jatropha as a basic material is that this plant can be grown in huge quantities in wastelands all throughout India requiring really little water in comparison to other cash crops. Once grown, the plant has a helpful lifespan of several years. The Jatropha seeds include 40% oil and are thought about to be an excellent source of bio-diesel. The Government of India has 400,000 square kilometres of land suitable for the Jatropha growing in the nation. India now
A study approximates that even if a mixing initiative of 2% Jatropha based Biodiesel is attained in 2011-12, India will save around Rs. 3000 crores. Besides, it will create around Rs. 5500 crores in the rural economy and assistance in decrease of Green House Gas emission by 3 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) every year. The federal government is taking actions to motivate the cultivation of Jatropha in India supplying free seeds, subsidized loans and other centers. India requires to now enhance its efforts to make the maximum usage of the Biodiesel Technology. Besides Jatropha, the opportunities for drawing out biodiesel from veggie oils, fats, sunflower, rape seed oil and palm oil must also be checked out. It will not only supply a response to the difficulty of Global Warming however could reduce our reliance on foreign oil and add to our own economy.