Feasibility study of biodiesel production from oilseeds in Tehran province

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ph.D. Candidate, Energy Systems Engineering, Department of New Energies and Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

3 Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Biodiesel derived from oilseeds is one of the proposed sources to replace fossil fuels, especially diesel. The production technologies of this model of biodiesel have reached a suitable level of maturity and have the ability of mass production. The biggest obstacle to biodiesel production is the high cost of production, which stems from the high cost of its raw materials, which are oilseeds. Potential measurement is necessary before manufacturing and industrial projects, and this is even more critical for biodiesel-related projects due to raw material issues. In this research, potential measurement for cultivation of oilseeds for biodiesel production in Tehran province has been done with the help of GIS software. The results of this potential measurement show that parts of the western and central regions of Tehran province are suitable for cultivating oilseeds for use in biodiesel production. However, about 90% of the areas of Tehran province are unsuitable for cultivating oilseeds and its biggest limiting factor is soil texture. More than 50% of the surfaces of Tehran province have unsuitable soil texture for growing oilseeds. In order to identify the optimal areas for planting oilseeds, the average cost variable of (Cave) per liter of biodiesel is introduced. The results show that according to the costs of production, transportation, distribution and supply of raw materials, when producing biodiesel in these areas is cost-effective when the average variable cost is less than 92 thousand rials per liter of biodiesel produced.

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