 Effect of wastewater irrigation on biodiesel quality and productivity from castor and sunflower oil seedsTheocharis Tsoutsos, Michael Chatzakis, Ioannis Sarantopoulos, Athanasios Nikologiannis and Nikos Pasadakis Renewable Energy, 2013, vol. 57, issue C, 211-215 Abstract: Since biofuels are capturing a significant share in the energy consumption pattern, serious concerns have been declared regarding the impacts of biofuel production on environmental quality. One environmental aspect that has gained attention, is the significant water consumption for cultivations of biofuel crops and it is strictly related to the water scarcity encountered in many regions as a result of climate change, so alternative water sources such as wastewater can be exploited. The purpose of this paper is to study the use of wastewater as irrigation feedstock for cultivations of sunflower and castor crops and to track the effect of critical parameters on oil and biodiesel quality. Parameters such as oil yield, acid value, density and viscosity were measured and it was observed that wastewater irrigation can have a positive impact on oil's quality for biodiesel production. Keywords: Biodiesel; Castor oil; Sunflower; Waste irrigation (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:renene:v:57:y:2013:i:c:p:211-215 DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.01.050 Access Statistics for this article Renewable Energy is currently edited by Soteris A. Kalogirou and Paul Christodoulides More articles in Renewable Energy from Elsevier |
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