• Shweta J Sabannavar
• Vinutha H

The Balanites aegyptiaca belongs to the family Balanitaceae, also called as desert date. It is a deep-rooted arid zone tree has a very wide natural range. The tree is valued for its fruits and seeds. It has a diverse use in treatment of diarrhoea, haemorrhoid, stomach aches, jaundice, yellow fever, syphilis and epilepsy. The fruit is used to treat liver disease and as a purgative. The seed kernel is rich in oil, protein and minerals. The seed kernel consists of 45-53 % of oil content in them. The fruits were shade dried and the fruit was broken to separate the seed kernel. A soxtherm extraction of seed kernel is done using the solvent petroleum ether and oil is extracted. The production of biodiesel was carried out using the extracted oil through transestrification method. The biodiesel parameters showed that its cloud point, pour point, flash point, viscosity, density, fire point, Saponification value, cetane index and iodine value were 7 cSt, 3 cSt, 165˚C, 4.796 cSt, 876.950kg/m3, 190 ˚C, 525.93, 54.773 and 8.466 respectively. The results of the biodiesel analyses were found to compare very well with the standard values, indicating that the extracted desert date seed oil was a good biodiesel with a yield of 88%.

Oil extraction, seed, Desert date fruit, Biodiesel, transesterification

"BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FROM THE SEED KERNEL OF DESERT DATE FRUIT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.342-347, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAD06056.pdf

"BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FROM THE SEED KERNEL OF DESERT DATE FRUIT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp342-347, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAD06056.pdf