Increased energy demand and the concern about environment friendly technology, renewable bio-fuels are better alternative to petroleum products. In the present study linseed oil was used as alternative source for diesel engine fuel and the results were compared with baseline data of neat diesel. Performance parameters such as brake thermal efficiency (BTE) and brake specific fuel consumption (B...

rapid economic and steady high rates of economic growth has drastically increased the need for imported oil in asia-pacific region; china -an oil exporting country in the region till 1993- is now the third oil importer of the world with the neighboring japan being in the second place. south korea as the world’s ninth oil importer consumes almost as much as the entire oil production of oil expor...

Cano1a (Brassica napus L.) is an important oil crop, ranking third only to soybean and palm oil in global production. It is a member of the family Brassicacea (syn. Cruciferae). It is a winter or spring crop and is amenable to growth in cooler climates. Once considered a specialty crop for Canada, it is now a global crop. Many other countries including the USA, Australia and those in Europe als...

We investigate the welfare and trade impacts of U.S. retaliatory tariffs from Airbus WTO dispute on EU olive oil, using a calibrated multi-market partial-equilibrium displacement model. The model accounts for four differentiated types retail oil in market. retailer-blenders source eight foreign markets domestically two qualities (virgin, other), shipping container (non-bulk, bulk). consider mai...