In-Situ Transesterification of Biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas

Biodiesel is a renewable fuel made up from a chemical reaction of alcohol and vegetable or animal oils, fats or greases. High feedstock and processing cost are the main drawback that hindered the biodiesel production currently. The use of non-edible oil, for instance jatropha curcas, can...

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Main Authors: Ginting, M S Abadi, Yusup, Suzana, Azizan, M Tazli, Ahmad, Murni M
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Published: 2008
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spelling utp-eprints.30592017-03-20T01:57:00Z In-Situ Transesterification of Biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas Ginting, M S Abadi Yusup, Suzana Azizan, M Tazli Ahmad, Murni M TP Chemical technology Biodiesel is a renewable fuel made up from a chemical reaction of alcohol and vegetable or animal oils, fats or greases. High feedstock and processing cost are the main drawback that hindered the biodiesel production currently. The use of non-edible oil, for instance jatropha curcas, can reduce the high feedstock cost since it does not compete with food and this lead to a cheaper feedstock source.Besides, we hoped that these problems can be counterbalanced by combining both extraction and reaction steps (in situ transesterification). Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) and Gas Chromatography (GC) were used to analyse the liquid product i.e alkyl ester. We studied the effect of different types of base catalyst (NaOH and KOH) and their concentration for instances 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 (wt %), reaction time (2, 4 and 6 hours) and types of alcohol (methanol and ethanol). We produced the highest yield of the alkyl ester (99.97%) at 30°C, with 2.00 wt % sodium hydroxide (NaOH) concentration and 6 hours reaction time. 2008-12 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3059/1/In_situ_transesterification_process_of_biodiesel_synthesis_from_Jatropha_%2816th_ARSCE_2008%29.pdf Ginting, M S Abadi and Yusup, Suzana and Azizan, M Tazli and Ahmad, Murni M (2008) In-Situ Transesterification of Biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas. In: 16th ASEAN Regional Symposium of Chemical Engineering, December 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3059/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
collection UTP Institutional Repository
topic TP Chemical technology
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Ginting, M S Abadi
Yusup, Suzana
Azizan, M Tazli
Ahmad, Murni M
In-Situ Transesterification of Biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas
description Biodiesel is a renewable fuel made up from a chemical reaction of alcohol and vegetable or animal oils, fats or greases. High feedstock and processing cost are the main drawback that hindered the biodiesel production currently. The use of non-edible oil, for instance jatropha curcas, can reduce the high feedstock cost since it does not compete with food and this lead to a cheaper feedstock source.Besides, we hoped that these problems can be counterbalanced by combining both extraction and reaction steps (in situ transesterification). Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) and Gas Chromatography (GC) were used to analyse the liquid product i.e alkyl ester. We studied the effect of different types of base catalyst (NaOH and KOH) and their concentration for instances 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 (wt %), reaction time (2, 4 and 6 hours) and types of alcohol (methanol and ethanol). We produced the highest yield of the alkyl ester (99.97%) at 30°C, with 2.00 wt % sodium hydroxide (NaOH) concentration and 6 hours reaction time.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ginting, M S Abadi
Yusup, Suzana
Azizan, M Tazli
Ahmad, Murni M
author_sort Ginting, M S Abadi
title In-Situ Transesterification of Biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas
title_short In-Situ Transesterification of Biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas
title_full In-Situ Transesterification of Biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas
title_fullStr In-Situ Transesterification of Biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas
title_full_unstemmed In-Situ Transesterification of Biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas
title_sort in-situ transesterification of biodiesel from jatropha curcas
publishDate 2008
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3059/1/In_situ_transesterification_process_of_biodiesel_synthesis_from_Jatropha_%2816th_ARSCE_2008%29.pdf
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