Evaluation of the Biodiesel Fuel Properties of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters from Carica papaya L.
Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) from Carica papaya L. (papaya) oil were investigated as a potential biodiesel fuel. Oil was extracted from papaya seeds by mechanical pressing, solvent extraction with hexane and solvent extraction with steam. The papaya seed oil contained 10.3% free fatty acid. Thus,...
| Published in: | Philippine Agricultural Scientist, The (Formerly the Philippine Agriculturist) Vol. 94, no. 1 (Mar. 2011), 88-92 |
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