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BIO - DIESEL IN SURINAME

BIODIESEL FROM THE AMAZON RAINFOREST IN SURINAME.


An introduction to the development of biofuels as an alternative energy source in Suriname.


The seeds of Jatropha curcas yield a non edible oil that is the source of Biodiesel fuel.
After extraction, the oil can be processed into the biodiesel that can be used alone or as a mixture with petrodiesel in all diesel engines.
By - products in the refining process are: the seedcake (can be used as fertilizer) and glycerin.


Many enterprises are being established worldwide for the production of biodiesel using vegetable oil as feedstock.
However, crops such as soya beans, corn - and palm oil are also used by the food industry which put tremendous strain on the price of the vegetable oil as a starting point for the production of the biodiesel.
Jatropha curcas is the only one which pairs a high yield of extractable oil from the seeds, to a relative low price for the raw oil.
This is due to the fact that Jatropha is a non edible oil.
Since Jatropha is basically a tropical plant that, although it can also be grown in zones 9 - 10, grows best in the tropics.
TROPILAB INC. has taken an initiative to develop Jatropha curcas as a crop for biodiesel production in Surinam.
In the near future a production factory for bio-diesel will be linked up.
In the first stage of the project, 50,000 ha will be put into production in the years ahead.


germinating Jatropha seed Jatropha curcas young plant Jatropha curcas young plant


Jatropha curcas tree Jatropha curcas grown tree physic nut flowers


physic nut flowers young fruits jatropha curcas green fruits Jatropha curcas


Jatropha fruits on the tree ripe fruit physic nut dried seedpods physic nut tree


harvesting Jatropha Jatropha curcas seeds Jatropha curcas seeds

seedpod Jatropha curcas Physic nut seeds seeds Jatropha curcas oil production







TROPILAB® INC.
P.O.Box 48164
St.Petersburg, Florida 33743-8164,
USA.

Phone: (727) 344 - 7608