Biodiesel production via transesterification of palm oil using NaOH/Al2O3 catalysts

Due to the increase in price of petroleum and environmental concerns, the search for alternative fuels has gained importance. In this work, biodiesel production by transesterification of palm oil with methanol has been studied in a heterogeneous system using sodium hydroxide loaded on alumina (NaOH/...

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Main Authors:	Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap, Nurul Fitriyah Abdullah, Mahiran Basri
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Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011
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spelling	ukm-25032016-12-14T06:31:49Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2503/ Biodiesel production via transesterification of palm oil using NaOH/Al2O3 catalysts Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap, Nurul Fitriyah Abdullah, Mahiran Basri, Due to the increase in price of petroleum and environmental concerns, the search for alternative fuels has gained importance. In this work, biodiesel production by transesterification of palm oil with methanol has been studied in a heterogeneous system using sodium hydroxide loaded on alumina (NaOH/Al2O3). NaOH/Al2O3 catalyst was prepared by impregnation of alumina with different amount of an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide followed by calcination in air for 3 h. The prepared catalysts were then characterized by using x-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR), Brunner-Emmett-Teller surface area measurement (BET), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and temperature-programmed desorption of CO2 (CO2-TPD). Moreover, the dependence of the conversion of palm oil on the reactions variables such as the molar ratio of methanol/oil, the amount of catalysts used, reaction temperatures and reaction times were performed. The conversion of 99% was achieved under the optimum reaction conditions. The biodiesel obtained was characterized by FT-IR and the pour point was measured Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2503/1/08_Yun_Hin_Taufiq.pdf Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap, and Nurul Fitriyah Abdullah, and Mahiran Basri, (2011) Biodiesel production via transesterification of palm oil using NaOH/Al2O3 catalysts. Sains Malaysiana, 40 (6). pp. 587-594. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
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description	Due to the increase in price of petroleum and environmental concerns, the search for alternative fuels has gained importance. In this work, biodiesel production by transesterification of palm oil with methanol has been studied in a heterogeneous system using sodium hydroxide loaded on alumina (NaOH/Al2O3). NaOH/Al2O3 catalyst was prepared by impregnation of alumina with different amount of an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide followed by calcination in air for 3 h. The prepared catalysts were then characterized by using x-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR), Brunner-Emmett-Teller surface area measurement (BET), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and temperature-programmed desorption of CO2 (CO2-TPD). Moreover, the dependence of the conversion of palm oil on the reactions variables such as the molar ratio of methanol/oil, the amount of catalysts used, reaction temperatures and reaction times were performed. The conversion of 99% was achieved under the optimum reaction conditions. The biodiesel obtained was characterized by FT-IR and the pour point was measured
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author	Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap, Nurul Fitriyah Abdullah, Mahiran Basri,
spellingShingle	Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap, Nurul Fitriyah Abdullah, Mahiran Basri, Biodiesel production via transesterification of palm oil using NaOH/Al2O3 catalysts
author_facet	Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap, Nurul Fitriyah Abdullah, Mahiran Basri,
author_sort	Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap,
title	Biodiesel production via transesterification of palm oil using NaOH/Al2O3 catalysts
title_short	Biodiesel production via transesterification of palm oil using NaOH/Al2O3 catalysts
title_full	Biodiesel production via transesterification of palm oil using NaOH/Al2O3 catalysts
title_fullStr	Biodiesel production via transesterification of palm oil using NaOH/Al2O3 catalysts
title_full_unstemmed	Biodiesel production via transesterification of palm oil using NaOH/Al2O3 catalysts
title_sort	biodiesel production via transesterification of palm oil using naoh/al2o3 catalysts
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2011
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2503/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2503/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2503/1/08_Yun_Hin_Taufiq.pdf
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