Prediction of biodiesel yield during transesterification process using response surface methodology

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• 作者：M. Mohamad ; N. Ngadi ; ^{norzita@cheme.utm.my} ; S.L. Wong ; M. Jusoh ; N.Y. Yahya
• 关键词：Biodiesel ; Vegetable palm oil (VPO) ; Transesterification ; CaO-TiO2 ; Ultraviolet (UV) light ; Optimization
• 刊名：Fuel
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：15 February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：190
• 期：Complete
• 页码：104-112
• 全文大小：1688 K
• 卷排序：190

文摘

Transesterification of vegetable palm oil (VPO) to biodiesel was performed over CaO-TiO2 under UV light. Effects of reaction time, VPO:methanol ratio and catalyst dosage on biodiesel yield was studied. The catalyst was reusable up to four cycles at optimized conditions with >80% biodiesel yield. The fatty methyl ester (FAME) in the biodiesel was analyzed using GC-MS. The biodiesel produced meets the ASTM D6751 specifications.