Evaluation of the moisture content of Jatropha curcas kernels and the heating value of the oil-extracted residue using near-infrared spectroscopy

dc.contributor.authorPosom, Jetsada
dc.contributor.authorSirisomboon, Panmanas
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-06T10:11:17Z
dc.date.available2026-08-06T10:11:17Z
dc.date.issued2015-02-01
dc.description.abstractThe use of near-infrared spectroscopy for evaluation of moisture content of Jatropha curcas kernels and heating value of its residue after oil extraction were studied. In total, 100 samples of whole kernels from green, yellow and black fruits and oven-dried kernels scanned in diffuse reflection mode using a Fourier transform NIR spectrometer at wave numbers of 1,250,000-400,000m<sup>-1</sup> were used to develop moisture-predicting models. The corresponding residues after the oil extraction of the samples scanned in transflection mode using the same spectrometer and wave number range were used to develop the heating-value-predicting models. The models correlating the spectral data and the corresponding values measured using the reference method were developed by partial least squares regression and were validated using a test set. For the moisture content and heating value, coefficients of determination (R<sup>2</sup>) were 0.969 and 0.860, root mean square errors of prediction (RMSEP) were 4.0%wb and 360Jg<sup>-1</sup>, biases were -0.7%wb and -17Jg<sup>-1</sup> and ratios of prediction to deviation (RPD) were 5.7 and 2.6, respectively. In addition, vibration bands of fibre and cellulose had important effects on the prediction of the heating value.
dc.identifier.citationBiosystems Engineering, 130, 52-59, 2015
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2014.12.003
dc.identifier.issn15375110
dc.identifier.other2-s2.0-84920165984
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.kmitl.ac.th/handle/123456789/6179
dc.sourceBiosystems Engineering
dc.subjectHeating value
dc.subjectJatropha curcas l.
dc.subjectMoisture content
dc.subjectNear-infrared spectroscopy
dc.titleEvaluation of the moisture content of Jatropha curcas kernels and the heating value of the oil-extracted residue using near-infrared spectroscopy
dc.typeArticle

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