Constantly the biodiesel market is trying to find some alternative to produce sustainable energy. Biodiesel prepared from canola, sunflower and jatropha curcas can replace or be integrated with traditional diesel. During very first half of 2000's jatropha biofuel made the headings as a really popular and appealing alternative. It is prepared from jatropha curcas, a plant species native to Central America that can be grown on wasteland.


Jatropha Curcas is a non edible plant that grows in the deserts. The plant grows really quickly and it can yield seeds for about 50 years. The oil received from its seeds can be used as a biofuel. This can be mixed with petroleum diesel. Previously it has been used two times with algae mix to fuel test flight of airlines.


Another positive approach of jatorpha seeds is that they have 37% oil material and they can be burned as a fuel without fine-tuning them. It is also utilized for medical purpose. Supporters of jatropha biodiesel say that the flames of jatropha oil are smoke free and they are effectively checked for simple diesel engines.


Jatropha biodiesel as Renewable resource Investment has drawn in the interest of numerous business, which have actually evaluated it for vehicle usage. Jatropha biodiesel has been road tested by Mercedes and 3 of the automobiles have actually covered 18,600 miles by using the jatropha plant biodiesel.


Since it is due to the fact that of some drawbacks, the jatropha biodiesel have actually ruled out as a wonderful eco-friendly energy. The greatest issue is that no one knows that what precisely the performance rate of the plant is. Secondly they do not know how big scale growing may affect the soil quality and the environment as a whole. The jatropha curcas plant needs five times more water per energy than corn and sugarcane. This raises another concern. On the other hand it is to be noted that jatropha curcas can grow on tropical climates with annual rainfall of about 1000 to 1500 mm. A thing to be kept in mind is that jatropha requires appropriate watering in the first year of its plantation which lasts for years.


Recent survey says that it holds true that jatropha can grow on abject land with little water and bad nutrition. But there is no evidence for the yield to be high. This might be proportional to the quality of the soil. In such a case it might require high quality of land and may require the very same quagmire that is faced by a lot of biofuel types.


jatropha curcas has one main downside. The seeds and leaves of jatropha are toxic to people and animals. This made the Australian government to prohibit the plant in 2006. The government stated the plant as invasive species, and too risky for western Australian agriculture and the environment here (DAFWQ 2006).


While jatropha has stimulating budding, there are number of research study difficulties stay. The significance of cleansing needs to be studied since of the toxicity of the plant. Along side an organized study of the oil yield need to be carried out, this is very essential due to the fact that of high yield of jatropha would most likely needed before jatropha can be contributed significantly to the world. Lastly it is also very crucial to study about the jatropha species that can endure in more temperature environment, as jatropha is really much limited in the tropical environments.