Production and technology of bio-diesel: seeding a change

  • Author(s): Alok Adholeya
  • Size: 182 mm x 240 mm
  • Pages: 256
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9788179931578
  • Cover Price:

    Rs.495.00 / US $35.00

  • Special Price: Rs. 446.00 / US $32.00

Book Details


The book is based on the work that TERI has been doing in the field of bio-diesel production from jatropha. This unique publication covers the entire value chain involved in the production of bio-diesel, right from the nursery stage for the saplings to the production of transesterified oil (bio-diesel) for use in diesel-powered engines. The user will get in one volume valuable information pertaining to the production of bio-diesel, a process that requires inputs from various disciplines, like environment, biotechnology, chemical engineering, finance, economics, and automotive engineering.

Key Features

    • The book discusses in detail all that one wanted to know about bio-diesel.
    • It is a compilation of the work that TERI is doing in the field of bio-diesel.
    • It is a well structured and well organized representation of data.
    • Extensive data in the form of comprehensive tables and figures supports the text.
    • The language of the book is simple and pithy, which will interest even a lay reader.

Target Audience

    This publication will be a very handy book for biotechnologists, productions engineers, entrepreneurs, policy-makers, and other professionals interested in biofuels.

Table of Contents


    • Status of bio-diesel • Production of raw material • Technology for bio-diesel production • Economic analysis of bio-diesel processes - a review • Policy issues for production and use of bio-diesel • Limitations and gaps • Conclusions

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