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Coconut biofuel technology
Researchers from SCMS Bioscience and Biotechnology decided to use coconut oil,as a biofuel by transesterification of the oil to coconut methyl ester(CME).
To ensure the biofuel efficiency of CME
directly in diesel vehicle,a test run was conducted and it was found that low carbon residue ,minimal acidity and negligible sulphur element make biofuel as eco-friendly.
The mileage of CME is 22.5km/ltr against diesel fuel's 16km/ltr,during the test run.
They produced CME from de-husked mature coconut,for which they needed 4 subproducts at each level of processing- shell,mature coconut water,oil cake and glycerol.
This reduces the total cost of the coconut biofuel to Rs.50,making it much cheaper than petrol and diesel.
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