Bio diesel or bio ethanol as replacement of fuels that commonly from fossil fuels are needed in great worries that in the end fossil fuels will run out eventually. With those fact alternative energy are kept on going looking for the best resource for fuel replacement.
Speaking of bio ethanol, currently we do know that ethanol are commonly produced from corn process, or sugar cane process. But how about diesel fuel? it could be get from jatropha oil. Why Jatropha, because in some countries jatropha are available in big numbers, and previously being used as city decoration or green area purpose only.
Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L) which is a bush plant family Euphorbiaceae. Within five months of drought resistant plant that is starting to bear fruit, earning a full time five years old, and reach 50 years of productivity lives.
The fruit can not be consumed because it can cause poisoning. People in rural areas often make use of this plant to treat a bowel obstruction in children under five years old (toddlers) or eliminate dental pain with distance tree sap dripping into a hollow tooth.
Jatropha oil could replace petroleum diesel to power generators. Because jatropha can be grown in almost all regions in Indonesia, the castor oil helps generate electrical energy to remote locations and this oil can be produced by the community that require electricity.
The process making of the oil is not too complicated and could be done by anyone with proper equipment, lets find out how:
* Steam the pieces for an hour distance.
* Then, the fruit meat could be destroyed with blender.
* After that, the fruit flesh and seeds that have been destroyed inserted into the forging machine oil.
* With an emphasis hydraulic jack, pulp squeezed to produce oil.
Every 10 pounds of crushed castor beans to produce 3.5 liters of castor oil as a diesel substitute. This oil intangibles such as cooking oil, which is thick, smooth, and the smell is not noticeable.