Pongamia as a Source of Biodiesel in India

Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, 2011, 2, 184-189 doi:10. 4236/sgre. 2011. 23022 Published Online August 2011 (http://www. SciRP. org/journal/sgre) Copyright © 2011 SciRes. SGRE Pongamia as a Source of Biodiesel in India Gaurav Dwivedi, Siddharth Jain,... More

Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, 2011, 2, 184-189 doi:10. 4236/sgre. 2011. 23022 Published Online August 2011 (http://www. SciRP. org/journal/sgre) Copyright © 2011 SciRes. SGRE Pongamia as a Source of Biodiesel in India Gaurav Dwivedi, Siddharth Jain, Mahendra Pal Sharma Alternate Hydro Energy Centre, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India. Email: gdiitr2005@gmail. com Received May 19, 2011; revised June 2, 2011, accepted June 9, 2011. ABSTRACT Pongamia Pinnata trees are normally planted along the highways, roads, canals to stop soil erosion. Billions of trees exist all over India. If the seeds fallen along road side are collected, and oil is extracted at village level expellers, few million tons of oil will be available for Lighting the Lamps in rural area. It is the best substitute for Kerosene. Since these are spread over a large area, collection of seeds for Biodiesel manufacture is not viable. (A compact plantation can support a Biodiesel plant. The seedlings of Pongamia can surviv Less