Exploring of the Transesterification of Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel Using Quicklime as a Basic Catalyst

This research is basically an experiment to exploring the transesterification of Castor oil to biodiesel using quicklime (CaO) as solid base catalyst. The objectives of this research are to use heterogeneous catalyst quicklime for possible high yield production biodiesel from castor oil. In this res...

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Main Author:	Fatin ‘Atikah, Abd. Manan
Format:	Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	TP Chemical technology
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7070/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7070/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7070/1/CD7198.pdf

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spelling	ump-70702015-03-03T09:34:07Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7070/ Exploring of the Transesterification of Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel Using Quicklime as a Basic Catalyst Fatin ‘Atikah, Abd. Manan TP Chemical technology This research is basically an experiment to exploring the transesterification of Castor oil to biodiesel using quicklime (CaO) as solid base catalyst. The objectives of this research are to use heterogeneous catalyst quicklime for possible high yield production biodiesel from castor oil. In this research, castor oil has been chosen as feedstock because it is readily available in Malaysia and non-edible oil. Methanol was chosen as alcohol solvent because its price is cheaper compare to other type of alcohol. Through a process called transesterification, biodiesel is made by reacting triglycerides (castor oil) with alcohol (methanol) in the presence of a catalyst (quicklime) to produce fatty acid methyl esters (biodiesel) and glycerol (co-product). This experiment was conducted with two different parameters which are methanol: oil ratio (3:1 and 4:1) and reaction time (60 minutes, 120 minutes and 180 minutes). The catalyst concentration was fixed at 1 wt% and the temperature was fixed at 60oC. The sample of each experiment was analysed using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). The best yield biodiesel product was 82% at reaction conditions; 3:1 methanol/oil ratio, 180 minutes, 1 wt% of CaO and 60oC. 2013-02 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7070/1/CD7198.pdf Fatin ‘Atikah, Abd. Manan (2013) Exploring of the Transesterification of Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel Using Quicklime as a Basic Catalyst. Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang. http://iportal.ump.edu.my/lib/item?id=chamo:73713&theme=UMP2
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spellingShingle	TP Chemical technology Fatin ‘Atikah, Abd. Manan Exploring of the Transesterification of Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel Using Quicklime as a Basic Catalyst
description	This research is basically an experiment to exploring the transesterification of Castor oil to biodiesel using quicklime (CaO) as solid base catalyst. The objectives of this research are to use heterogeneous catalyst quicklime for possible high yield production biodiesel from castor oil. In this research, castor oil has been chosen as feedstock because it is readily available in Malaysia and non-edible oil. Methanol was chosen as alcohol solvent because its price is cheaper compare to other type of alcohol. Through a process called transesterification, biodiesel is made by reacting triglycerides (castor oil) with alcohol (methanol) in the presence of a catalyst (quicklime) to produce fatty acid methyl esters (biodiesel) and glycerol (co-product). This experiment was conducted with two different parameters which are methanol: oil ratio (3:1 and 4:1) and reaction time (60 minutes, 120 minutes and 180 minutes). The catalyst concentration was fixed at 1 wt% and the temperature was fixed at 60oC. The sample of each experiment was analysed using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). The best yield biodiesel product was 82% at reaction conditions; 3:1 methanol/oil ratio, 180 minutes, 1 wt% of CaO and 60oC.
format	Undergraduates Project Papers
author	Fatin ‘Atikah, Abd. Manan
author_facet	Fatin ‘Atikah, Abd. Manan
author_sort	Fatin ‘Atikah, Abd. Manan
title	Exploring of the Transesterification of Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel Using Quicklime as a Basic Catalyst
title_short	Exploring of the Transesterification of Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel Using Quicklime as a Basic Catalyst
title_full	Exploring of the Transesterification of Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel Using Quicklime as a Basic Catalyst
title_fullStr	Exploring of the Transesterification of Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel Using Quicklime as a Basic Catalyst
title_full_unstemmed	Exploring of the Transesterification of Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel Using Quicklime as a Basic Catalyst
title_sort	exploring of the transesterification of castor oil to produce biodiesel using quicklime as a basic catalyst
publishDate	2013
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Exploring of the Transesterification of Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel Using Quicklime as a Basic Catalyst

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