ORIGINAL PAPER
Wild Brazilian Mustard (Brassica juncea L.
) Seed Oil
Methyl Esters as Biodiesel Fuel
Gulab N.
Jham Æ Bryan R.
Moser Æ Shailesh N.
Shah Æ Ronald A.
Holser Æ Onkar D.
Dhingra Æ
Steven F.
Vaughn Æ Mark A.
Berhow Æ Jill K.
Winkler-Moser...
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ORIGINAL PAPER
Wild Brazilian Mustard (Brassica juncea L.
) Seed Oil
Methyl Esters as Biodiesel Fuel
Gulab N.
Jham Æ Bryan R.
Moser Æ Shailesh N.
Shah Æ Ronald A.
Holser Æ Onkar D.
Dhingra Æ
Steven F.
Vaughn Æ Mark A.
Berhow Æ Jill K.
Winkler-Moser Æ Terry A.
Isbell Æ Ray K.
Holloway Æ
Erin L.
Walter Æ Ricardo Natalino Æ Jason C.
Anderson Æ David M.
Stelly
Received: 26 November 2008 / Revised: 12 June 2009 / Accepted: 15 June 2009 / Published online: 3 July 2009
Ó AOCS 2009
Abstract Wild mustard (Brassica juncea L.
) oil is evaluated as a feedstock for biodiesel production.
Biodiesel
was obtained in 94 wt.
% yield by a standard transesterification procedure with methanol and sodium methoxide
catalyst.
Wild mustard oil had a high content of erucic
(13(Z)-docosenoic; 45.
7 wt.
%) acid, with linoleic (9(Z),
12(Z)-octadecadienoic; 14.
2 wt.
%) and linolenic (9(Z),
12(Z),15(Z)-octadecatrienoic; 13.
0 wt.
%) acids comprising
most of the remaining fatty acid profile.
The cetane
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