Usage of Jatropha Curcas Seeds

• Jatropha Curcas fruits have many by-products. The seed from the dried fruits can produce up to 35% of Crude Jatropha Oil (CJO) which can be refined into biodiesel.

• Several rural communities have started using CJO in modified generators to generate electricity for rural electrification and cottage industries.

• CJO is used as diesel replacement in stationed engines such as water pumps.

• CJO is also a very good replacement of kerosene which is widely used by rural villagers for lighting and cooking.

• Another industrial usage of CJO is component to surfactants or oil-based products.

• The Jatropha Curcas seedcake and fruit shells can be used directly as feedstock into a Biomass Gasifier to generate power supply for CJO processing plant and with excess power for rural electrification.

• Research has also identified that the Jatropha Curcas seedcake has equal calorific value of low grade coal. Hence, it may be useful in replacing or blending with low grade coal for burning to reduce the most polluted energy source.

• Jatropha Curcas seedcake can also be processed into organic fertilizer.

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