Non-edible oil seeds: Potential Source for Biodiesel Production

Abstract

The rapid industrialization and increase in the size of the population has led to the great energy demand in recent years. Due to this, an alternative source of energy has been explored by various researchers. India is a vast agro-forestry country, fuels of biological origin from non-edible agricultural products is an ideal alternative source of renewable energy. More than 300 feedstock have been identified which can be used for production biodiesel. The conventional and non-conventional feedstock, used for the production of biodiesel includes edible oils, non-edible oils, algal oils, wild oils, used cooking oils, and animal fats. The dry and waste land can be reforested by planting trees which can yield non-edible oil for increased production of its seeds for commercial production of biodiesel. Thus this review summarized the various non-edible oil seeds and their importance for biodiesel production.