Cotton Seed Oil and Rice Bran Oil as a Source of Biodiesel in India

Energy consumption is increased due to urbanization and developing population. At the same moment society is aware of the decreasing fossil fuel and increasing environmental pollution. Biodiesel is the suitable option to meet future energy demand and improve the domestic economy. Developed countries are using edible oils and the edible oils, which are used, are not sufficient to produce the biodiesel. Non edible oils can be examined as a hopeful replacement for conventional edible oil for biodiesel production. But the edible oil cost is high to be used as fuel. Non edible oil is the right solution to overcome all problems related to the edible oils. There are various plant seeds remain unutilized; these seeds have shown their own potentiality. Due to harmful factors in non-edible oils it is unacceptable for human food. In developing countries non edible oil plants are grown easily. Biodiesel originated from the non-edible plant, is more feasible compared to the alternative fossil fuel. Production of biodiesel using cottonseed oil and rice bran oil appears to be a suitable substitute. The current research paper is aim to review the potentiality of the cotton seed oil and the rice bran oil in production of biodiesel in India. (paper)