Hi buddy I heard A Jatropha bio-diesel pilot plant has been installed at the Bioenergy Workshop of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), is it so ??

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore was established in 1971

Yes A Jatropha bio-diesel pilot plant has been installed at the Bioenergy Workshop of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU),
Pilot biodiesel plant at TNAU The pilot biodiesel plant developed and utilized was alkaline catalyst based and having a limitation of
free fatty acid content less than five percent in the vegetable oil used.

The process flow chart for biodiesel production was given in the Fig-7. The pilot plant consist of transesterification reactor with heating and agitating device, chemical mixing vessel, settling
tanks and washing tank (Venkatachalam et.al 2004).


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