Tea seed upgrading facilities and economic assessment of biodiesel production from tea seed oil

Ayhan Demirbas

doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2010.05.025

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Tea seed upgrading facilities and economic assessment of biodiesel production from tea seed oil

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Tea seed upgrading facilities and economic assessment of biodiesel production from tea seed oil

Ayhan Demirbas

Energy conversion and management, Vol.51(12), pp.2595-2599

01/12/2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2010.05.025

Abstract

Biodiesel

Cost

Tea seed

Tea seed oil

Upgrading

Green tea seed ( Camellia sinensis L. Kuntze) oil was used in this work. The tea seed oil contains more than 84% unsaturated fatty acid, such as oleic acid (62.5% by weight), linoleic acid (18.1% by weight) and linolenic acid. The biodiesel from tea seed oil in itself is not significantly different from biodiesel produced from vegetable oils. However, tea seed oil has lower pour point and lower viscosity as different common vegetable oils. Crude tea seed oil is one of the cheapest vegetable oil feedstocks with average price, 514 (US$/ton).

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Title: Tea seed upgrading facilities and economic assessment of biodiesel production from tea seed oil
Creators - without role: Ayhan Demirbas - Şırnak University
Publication Details: Energy conversion and management, Vol.51(12), pp.2595-2599
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Identifiers: 9940233508331
Academic Unit: King Abdulaziz University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article