Biodiesel is an alternative fuel just like conventional or ‘fossil’ diesel. It is prepared making use of from vegetable oil, animal oil/fats, tallow and even waste cooking oil. The process adopted to convert the above sources to Biodiesel is known as transesterification. The largest source of oil to serve the purpose comes from oil crops such as rapeseed, palm or soybean. Almost all the best biodiesel plant suppliers in India provide the infrastructural paraphernalia to produce biodiesel.



Some interesting facts about biodiesel include the following:

  • Biodiesel is a fully neat and clean burning renewable fuel which comes from vegetable oils and fats.
  • It is produced through a chemical procedure that converts natural oils and fats into fatty acid methyl esters.
  • This kind of fuel is intended to be utilized as a perfectly suitable replacement for conventional fuel such as petroleum, diesel or something which can be blended with these conventional forms of fuels in any proportion.
  • Biodiesel requires no modification to be used in a diesel engine.
  • It reduces exhaust emissions when compared to conventional fuels.
  • Biodiesel has the lowest level of toxicity when compared to petroleum and diesel fuels.
  • It is safer for handling.
  • The quality of Biodiesel is governed and monitored by ASTM D 6751 quality parameters.
  • Biodiesel is also a fully biodegradable form of fuel.

Biodiesel Production

As described above, biodiesel is produced using vegetable oil, animal oil/fats, tallow and even waste oils. There are mainly three basic methodologies for biodiesel production from oils and fats:
  1. Base catalyzed transesterification
  2. Direct acid catalyzed transesterification
  3. Conversion of the oil to its fatty acids and then to biodiesel.
For those aiming at establishing a plant to produce biodiesel need to get in touch with the best Pilot Plants for biodiesel to serve their purposes.