Analysis of oil quality and content from different Kenyan land races of Croton megalocarpus
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The increasing industrialization and motorization of the world
has led to a steep rise in demand of petroleum-based fuels.
Today, fossil fuels constitute 80% of the primary energy
consumed in the world, of which 58% alone is consumed by
the transport sector. The sources of these fossil fuels are
becoming exhausted, but in addition they are contributing to
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These factors have prompted
a move towards alternative, renewable, sustainable, efficient
and cost-effective energy sources with lesser emissions. Biofuels
have been identified as being environmentally friendly in that
they are renewable, biodegradable and generate acceptable
quality of exhaust gases. In this study, we will characterize
biodiesel quality from different Croton landraces in Kenya.
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