Renewable energy biodiesel: a mathematical approach from ecology to production

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dc.contributor.authorRoy, Priti Kumar
dc.contributor.authorChowdhury, Jahangir
dc.contributor.authorBasir, Fahad Al
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-18T07:32:30Z
dc.date.available2021-05-18T07:32:30Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionPaper presented at the 3rd Strathmore International Mathematics Conference (SIMC 2015), 3 - 7 August 2015, Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya.en_US
dc.description.abstractBiodiesel is one of promising renewable energy source and used as an alternative of conventional hydrocarbon fuels. Jatropha curcas plant oil (JCPO) is the most cost effective sources of biodiesel. The plant can be cultivated in wastelands and grows on almost any type of territory, even on sandy and saline soils. Judicious agricultural practices and effective crop management of Jatropha curcas is preliminary requisite to get maximum yield of oil. Production of biodiesel by transesterification of Jatropha oil significantly depends on four reaction parameters viz., reaction time, temperature, oil to alcohol molar ratio and stirrer speed. In this work, we have formulated a mathematical model of Jatropha curcas plant, which is affected by many type of pest with the aim to control the pest through Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (NPV). Here we have also concentrated on insecticide spraying as controlling measure to reduce the pest, to get maximum yield of Jatropha seeds, which gives Jatropha oil. We have also shown the effect of different variants on mass transfer in biodiesel production from JC oil and how the control theoretic approach flags the maximum production of biodiesel under the mathematical paradigm. Our analytical results provide an idea of the cost effective faster rate of biodiesel production, which satisfies our numerical conclusions.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11071/11929
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherStrathmore Universityen_US
dc.subjectJatropha curcas oilen_US
dc.subjectTransesteri cationen_US
dc.subjectBiodieselen_US
dc.subjectReaction parameteren_US
dc.subjectMathematical modellingen_US
dc.subjectOptimal controlen_US
dc.titleRenewable energy biodiesel: a mathematical approach from ecology to productionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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