Course outline

The course enables participants to associate themselves from Concept to Commercialization of viable Jatropha projects right after undergoing the programme as it aims to cover all aspects of Jatropha oil crop as summarized below:

• Jatropha Plant science & Technology
• Jatropha fuel crop – Concepts, sources, bio diversity and potential as renewable energy
• Jatropha Crop Science
• Jatropha Crop Ecology and Chain Innovations
• Jatropha Crop Cultivation & Jatropha Crop care
• Jatropha post harvest processing components
• Jatropha Development programmes for crop improvement breeding –breeding- tissue culture
• Jatropha crop management techniques for crop production and crop protection
• Jatropha crops Production and processing techniques
• Jatropha Crop Productivity, profitability, sustainability
• Field visit to the crop fields and oil extraction pilot plant
• Jatropha Economics and Marketing
• Jatropha intercropping technology
• Jatropha and CDM- aspects

Introduction of biodiesel as a fuel

• History
• International applications and production
• Properties
• Specifications
• Application of biodiesel
  
  
  • Impact on emission
  • Impact on lubricity and engine wear
  • Material compatibility with biodiesel
  • Precautions
  • Effect of temperature on fuel
  • Engine warranty

Safety requirements

• Methanol/Ethanol
• Acids/Bases

Chemistry of Oil and Fats

• Triglycerides
• Free Fatty Acids
• Gums
• The transesterification reaction

Feed stock selection

• Vegetable Oil
• Animal Fat
• Waste Cooking Oil

Oilseed Processing

• Expelling process
  
  
  • Choice of Expellers
  • Conditioning and Flaking
  • Extraction rates
  • Demonstration of jatropha seed expelling
• Pre-press solvent extraction
  
  
  • Video of pre-press solvent extraction process
  • Economics of oil extraction
  • Oil refining and impact on biodiesel process
    
    
    • Degumming
    • Demonstration of degumming
    • Free Fatty Acid

Biodiesel process

• Catalyst Type
  
  
  • Caustic
  • Acid
  • Solid
• Single versus multiple step
• Demonstration of transesterification (lab and pilot scale)

Separation process

• Settling
• Centrifuge
• Demonstration of biodiesel/glycerine separation

Washing

• Objectives
• Water Wash
• Dry Wash

Methanol recovery system

• Objectives
• Methodology
• Demonstration of methanol recovery

Quality standard of biodiesel

• ASTM specifications
• EN specifications
• BIS specifications
• Objectives of standards
• Discussion of on party analysis
• Overview of instruments used for quality determination

Glycerol recovery system

• Overview of glycerol uses
• Properties
• Market
  
  
  • Value in chemicals/pharmaceutical application
  • Feeding application
  • Value addition of glycerol

Biodiesel Plant design

• Fully automated
• Semi automated small scale
• Tank Farm
• Site Plan
• Waste Treatment
• Permits and environmental impacts
• Handling and blending
• Fuel Storage and stability

Economics of biodiesel

• Capital cost
• Production cost
• Sales cost
• Inventory management
• Marketing
• Insurance
• Development of a business plan
• Regulatory issues
• Fuel taxes ad government incentives

Visit to Jatropha Properties