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Biodiesel from Artichoke Oil – Artichoke Oil as Biofuel

 

Artichoke has been only mainly as a forage crop for many years, but in recent years new applications have been discovered. The seeds of the artichoke plant can be used to obtain edible oil, while paper and pulp can be obtained from the stalks.

 

Artichoke oil is similar to the oils from sunflower and safflower in its composition. The approximate oil composition is as follows: 60% linoleic, 25% oleic, 12% palmitic and 3% stearic acid. While experiments are still on for this crop, initial experiments and analysis appear to show that this crop has potential for producing biodiesel.

 

  • Cynara Cardunculus as an Alternative Crop for Biodiesel Production (MS Word Document)
  • Feeding Ourselves or Driving Our Cars – the Tale of the Humble Artichoke – from Transition Culture - Part of preparing for oil peak and relocalisation is learning about plants that will grow in the gardens we should be starting to put in place now. One interesting and useful plant is the Jerusalem Artichoke. They can be used to make sugar, and have been considered as a replacement for sugar beet. They are a very easy-to-grow garden vegetable, great for novice gardeners, but are also being researched as a source of biodiesel, to be grown on an industrial scale to fuel the nearly 30 million cars on the UK’s roads. And therein lies a dilemma. While clearly preferable to imported palm oil (which I wrote about last week), it still boils down to the ultimate point that we have to either decide whether we eat or drive, asks this article from Transition Culture

 

Content derived from Wikipedia article on Artichoke Oil

 

Artichoke oil - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Artichoke oil is extracted from the seeds of the Cynara cardunculus (cardoon). It is similar in composition to safflower and sunflower oil. The fatty acid composition of artichoke oil is:

 

Fatty acid Percentage

Linoleic 60%

Oleic 25%

Palmitic 12%

Stearic 3%

 

Recently, artichoke oil has attracted some attention as a possible source of biodiesel.

 

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