Products From Pongamia:

Seed in Shell

Seed in shell can be used whole as a boiler fuel (replacement for coal or other solid fuels).

Seed - approx 46% of seed in shell weight

Extracted from shell with a decordicator, and crushed using a screw press, either small scale (cold press) or large scale (solvent extraction).  The following products are produced:

Oil - approx 40% of seed weight

Can be used directly into a slow speed diesel engine; with a relatively inexpensive retrofit kit for any diesel engine; or crude ready engines such as the new range of Deutz and Fendt farm tractors.

Can be further processed into: Biodiesel; second generation Green Diesel which can be tailored for use as jet fuel; or second generation Sun Diesel by VW.

Meal - approx 60% of seed weight

Can be fed directly to supplement cattle feed at up to 10% of diet without processing.  Can be further processed by steeping to remove the alkaloids (unpalatable component) to be used as a much more significant component of diet for livestock.

If solvent extraction is used, up to 30% of the diet has been used successfully.
Can also be converted into SunDiesel using their second generation biomass to liquid process; or as an organic fertilzer and soil conditioner.

Meal can be further broken down into it's components:

Starch - approx 50% of meal

Can be converted to 1st Generation Ethanol

Protein - approx 50% of meal

Can be used as concentrated livestock feed supplement after the ethanol process.

Shell - approx 54% of total seed in shell weight

Can be used directly as a solid fuel for boilers; converted to Sundiesel (biomass to liquid); or as an organic fertilizer.

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