Biodiesel Feedstock and Production Technologies: Successes, Challenges and Prospects
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Biodiesel is a renewable fuel currently derived from vegetable oils and animal fats. One of the limiting factors for the growth of the biodiesel market is the availability and price of feedstock. Feedstock for biodiesel has to compete with the food crops for land and water. Hence, alternative feedstock’s that are not also food crops need to be found. One such renewable energy sources are microa...
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