Production of Jatropha Methyl Ester

Abstract

In a past span of years there is a huge development in the automobile field it creates a demand for petroleum products leads to insufficient supply of fuels and also it causes more pollution. Due to this all the developed and developing countries are focusing in producing biodegradable fuels to reduce the cost and demand of fossil fuels and mineral oils. Many researchers are identify that vegetable oils and biogas are the beat alternate to the mineral oils. Since the vegetable oils are eco-friendly and biodegradable so it plays the major role in production of alternate fuels. In this paper the production of jatropha ester and the tribological properties were studied. Transesterification process was carried out to produce the ester from jatropha curcas oil. Jatropha curcas oil is a non-edible oil, ester prepared from jatropha curcas oil was added with nano copper oxide particles to improve the wear resisting property and reduce the pollution.