Straight Vegetable Oil SVO as Diesel replacement fuel
Types of vegetable oil
The following vegetable oils account for almost all world-wide production, by volume. All are used as both cooking oils and as SVO or to make biodiesel.
* Corn oil, one of the most common, and inexpensive cooking oils.
* Cottonseed oil, a major food oil, often used in industrial food processing.
* Canola oil/Rapeseed oil, one of the most widely used cooking oils, from a cultivar of rapeseed.
* Olive oil, used in cooking, cosmetics, soaps and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps
* Palm oil, the most widely produced tropical oil. Also used to make biofuel.
* Peanut oil/Ground nut oil, mild-flavored cooking oil.
* Safflower oil, a flavorless and colorless cooking oil.
* Sesame oil, used as a cooking oil, and as a massage oil, particularly in India.
* Soybean oil, accounts for about half of worldwide edible oil production.
* Sunflower oil, a common cooking oil, also used to make biodiesel.
A selection of other oils includes:
* Algae oil
* Almond oil, from the almond nut
* Apricot oil, from the seeds of the apricot
* Argan oil, from the argan plant
* Avocado oil, from the seeds of the avocado
* Ben oil, from the seeds of the moringa oleifera
* Cashew oil, from cashew nuts
* Castor oil, from castor beans
* Grape seed oil
* Hazelnut oil
* Hemp seed oil, from the cannabis plant
* Linseed oil, from flax seeds
* Mustard oil, from the mustard plant
* Neem oil, from the neem tree
* Palm kernel oil - from the seed of the African palm tree
* Pumpkin seed oil
* Rice bran oil, from rice grains
* Walnut oil
Major oils
Oils that account for a significant fraction of world-wide edible oil production. All are also used as fuel oils.
- Coconut oil, a cooking oil, high in saturated fats, particularly used in baking and cosmetics.
- Corn oil, one of the most common, and inexpensive cooking oils.
- Cottonseed oil, a major food oil, often used in industrial food processing.
- Canola oil/Rapeseed oil, one of the most widely used cooking oils, from a (trademarked) cultivar of rapeseed.
- Olive oil, used in cooking, cosmetics, soaps and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps
- Palm oil, the most widely produced tropical oil. Also used to make biofuel.
- Peanut oil/Ground nut oil, mild-flavored cooking oil.
- Safflower oil, a flavorless and colorless cooking oil.
- Sesame oil, used as a cooking oil, and as a massage oil, particularly in India.
- Soybean oil, accounts for about half of worldwide edible oil production.
- Sunflower oil, a common cooking oil, also used to make biodiesel.
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