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Vegetable Oil in Energy, Volume 2

The Conversion of Seed Oil to Biofuel

  • 1st Edition - July 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Abdullah Mohammed Ahmed Asiri, Anish Khan, Showkat Ahmad Bhawani, Tikendra Nath Verma
  • Language: English

Vegetable Oil in Energy: The Conversion of Seed Oil to Biofuel, Volume Two presents the latest catalysts, composites, methodologies and technologies used in the conversion of see… Read more

Description

Vegetable Oil in Energy: The Conversion of Seed Oil to Biofuel, Volume Two presents the latest catalysts, composites, methodologies and technologies used in the conversion of seed oil to biofuel. With an emphasis on feedstock, the book discusses the availability, potential future output, and production pathways for edible and non-edible seed oil. Sections provide an overview of production pathways for seed oil conversion to biofuel and examine engine performance of common seed oil-based biofuels. Chapters also discuss availability and cultivation, production pathways and performance optimization. Feedstock considered include jatrophra, lemon strip, palm, rapeseed, sunflower, olive, coconut, peanut, soya, cotton, and more.The book's final chapters examine the sustainability of vegetable oil as a viable long-term replacement for fossil fuels. This comprehensive resource will be of interest to students, researchers and industry professionals involved in bioenergy and renewable energy, and may be of interest to interdisciplinary teams working across biotechnology, chemistry, chemical engineering, environmental science and sustainability sciences.

Key features

  • Presents the latest developments in the cultivation, production, processing and conversion of vegetable seed to green oil
  • Reviews the existing availability, present production and future potential of edible and non-edible seed oil feedstock
  • Assesses the sustainability of edible and non-edible vegetable seed as feedstock for biofuels, including the socioeconomic and environmental impact

Readership

PhD students, researchers, and industry practitioners working in the field of bioenergy and renewable energy

Table of contents

1. Production and process of main type of vegetable seed oils

2. Performances and emanations qualities of diesel motor by utilizing Jatropha oil

3. Lemon strip oil a hotspot for diesel motor

4. Utilization of oil palm as a wellspring of sustainable power source

5. Vegetable oil production potential from Jatropha curcas, Croton megalocarpus for biofuel potential

6. Life-cycle energy use and ozone harming substance emanations of palm fatty acid distillate derived renewable diesel

7. Importance of rapeseed and sunflower oil in renewable diesel

8. Olive oil and renewable approach in future perspective

9. Coconut oils for future direct electricity production

10. Sunflower seeds for bioenergy production

11. Peanut oil and its impact for green energy demand

12. Soya seed oil for alternative energy source

13. Cotton seed oils: a major source of bioenergy

14. Non-edible oil and their production processes

15. Non-edible vegetable oils and their sustainability

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Abdullah Mohammed Ahmed Asiri

Abdullah Mohamed Asiri is Professor, in the Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. He is currently Chairman of the Chemistry Department, King Abdulaziz University, Director of the Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research. His research focuses on nanochemistry and nanotechnology.
Affiliations and expertise
Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, Department of Chemistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabi

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Anish Khan

Dr. Anish Khan is currently working as Assistant Professor in Chemistry Department, Centre of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR), Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Completed Ph.D. from Aligarh Muslim University, India in 2010. Completed Postdoctoral from School of Chemical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia (USM) in Electroanalytical chemistry in 2010. Working in the field of synthetic biosensor, polymer composites, organic–inorganic electrically conducting nanocomposites. More than 200 research articles, 70 book chapters 30 books published in referred international publisher and more than 20 international conferences/ workshop. More than 30 research projects completed. Editorial board member of more than 11 international journals. Member of American Nano Society.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor in Chemistry Department, Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Showkat Ahmad Bhawani

Dr. Showkat Ahmad Bhawani is presently working as an Associate Professor at Department of chemistry, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, UNIMAS Malaysia. In addition to this, he has a teaching experience of two years from King Abdul Aziz University- North Jeddah and a post-doctoral experience of Three years from the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. He has received his M Sc. in Analytical Chemistry and Ph D. in Applied Analytical Chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He is working on the synthesis of molecular Imprinting polymers for the removal/extraction of dyes, fungicides and various natural products from environmental and biological samples. In addition to this, he is also working on the development of new test methods and determining standard conditions for analysis (Separation, Isolation and Determination) of various analytes from environmental and biological samples. He is involved in the analysis of samples like: Surfactants, Amino acids, Drugs, Vitamins, Sugars and Metal ions. He has published 1 book and 8 book chapters and he has published more than 30 papers in various journals. He is life member of Asian polymer association and editorial board member of several journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, UNIMAS, Malaysia

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Tikendra Nath Verma

Dr. Tikendra Nath Verma was born at Bhilai (C.G.) in India. He received his Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Mechanical Engineering with securing first division from Pt. R.S.S.U. Raipur (C.G.) in 2006. He did his master degree in Thermal Engineering in 2009 from the department of Mechanical Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal (M.P.). He has obtained his PhD degree from National Institute of Technology Raipur (C.G.) He joined National Institute of Technology Manipur as Assistant Professor in September 2015 – May 2020. Presently working as an Assistant Professor (Grade – I) in Mechanical Engineering department in Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal. His present areas of interest include computational fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, renewable energy & alternative fuels in internal combustion engines.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor (Grade – I), Mechanical Engineering Department, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal.