Abstract
Biofuels are non-polluting, locally available, and reliable fuels obtained from renewable sources. The rising cost of petroleum-based liquid fuels, due to the depletion of oil sources, has brought biofuels back into focus. Laticiferous and resinous plants can be used for the production of biofuels by catalytic cracking of their non-polar extracts (biocrude). In the present work six resinous species belonging to the families Rubiaceae, Simaroubaceae, Leguminoseae, Dipterocarpaceae, Pinaceae, and Compositae were selected and studied for their potential to yield biocrude, which can be processed into biofuels. Results of studies carried out on upgrading the biocrudes by catalytic cracking using a commercial catalyst are presented.
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