@Ritu: Nice and crisp presentation. One more point, in India edible oil like mustard oil is used to lit diyas in temple. As per some estimates requirement of this segment is around 15 million ton!!
Currently the cost of jatropha seed is very high as most of it is used for plantation purpose. At this price the manufacturing cost of biodiesel is around 3 times the pump price of diesel.
For a biodiesel plant of 1000 ltr/day capacity, 500 acre of Jatropha plantation is required! Collection of non-edible oil is a manual process and for production plants it is a nightmare.
Subroto, I was trying to write in Indian perspective, and I guess animal waste is not that big huge feedstock. It can be possible locally and in small scale. As far as I know for biodiesel we need to have lipid content in feedstocks and usually garbages do not have.
Unorganisedthought Good observation and study regarding mustard oil for litting diya's. I'm not about mustard oil but I read some where ghee diya purifies air thats why hindus lit ghee diya. Some how I'm not convinced with single feedstock promotion concept for bio-diesel, that to non native plants. It should be based on multiple, and importantly locally available seeds.
Ritu,
ReplyDeleteAn interesting presentation. My name is Subroto and I have been tracking the biofuel industry here in the USA and elsewhere.
You spoke about deriving biofuels from seeds but what about garbage and animal waste? It is a viable concept in Eastern Europe so why not India?
Subroto
@Ritu: Nice and crisp presentation.
ReplyDeleteOne more point, in India edible oil like mustard oil is used to lit diyas in temple. As per some estimates requirement of this segment is around 15 million ton!!
Currently the cost of jatropha seed is very high as most of it is used for plantation purpose. At this price the manufacturing cost of biodiesel is around 3 times the pump price of diesel.
For a biodiesel plant of 1000 ltr/day capacity, 500 acre of Jatropha plantation is required! Collection of non-edible oil is a manual process and for production plants it is a nightmare.
Subroto,
ReplyDeleteI was trying to write in Indian perspective, and I guess animal waste is not that big huge feedstock. It can be possible locally and in small scale.
As far as I know for biodiesel we need to have lipid content in feedstocks and usually garbages do not have.
Unorganisedthought
ReplyDeleteGood observation and study regarding mustard oil for litting diya's.
I'm not about mustard oil but I read some where ghee diya purifies air thats why hindus lit ghee diya.
Some how I'm not convinced with single feedstock promotion concept for bio-diesel, that to non native plants.
It should be based on multiple, and importantly locally available seeds.