Distilled technical cashew nut shell liquid (DT-CNSL) as an effective biofuel and additive to stabilize triglyceride biofuels in diesel

Shilpa Kammaradi Sanjeeva, Mitchell Preetham Pinto, Manoj Mulakkapurath Narayanan, Gopalakrishna Mangalore Kini, Chandrasekhar Bhaskaran Nair, P.V. SubbaRao, Phani Kumar Pullela, Siva Ramamoorthy and Colin J. Barrow

Renewable Energy, 2014, vol. 71, issue C, 81-88

Abstract: We report distilled technical cashew nut shell liquid (DT-CNSL) as a non-transesterified biofuel and also as an additive to convert triglycerides to biofuel, without the need for the formation of methyl esters. DT-CNSL blends of diesel obey physico-chemical parameters of diesel. DT-CNSL offers stability to blends of straight vegetable oil (SVO) and tallow oil in diesel. Fluorescence studies using charge transfer probes show that the blend of DT-CNSL, triglycerides and diesel is a uniform solution, and fluorescence behavior is similar to that of diesel. The economics for the cultivation of cashew (Anacardium occidentale), its industrial use and rich carbon sink properties indicate that DT-CNSL could complement or replace traditional biodiesel crops like Jatropha and improve income for farmers.

Keywords: Biofuel; Cashew nut shell liquid; Additive; Jatropha; Tallow oil; Cardanol (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.05.024

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