Biodiesel production from solid coconut waste

Biodiesel is an alternative diesel fuel produced using transesterification method where edible or non edible oil and alcohol reacts in the presence of catalyst. Biodiesel is expensive than fossil fuels because of higher raw material and production costs. Solid coconut waste is an alternative raw...

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Main Authors: Sulaiman, Sarina, Abdul Raman , Abdul Aziz, Aroua, Mohamed Kheireddine
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Language:English
Published: AENSI Publications 2014
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spelling iium-369232018-06-20T01:05:39Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/36923/ Biodiesel production from solid coconut waste Sulaiman, Sarina Abdul Raman , Abdul Aziz Aroua, Mohamed Kheireddine TP155 Chemical engineering Biodiesel is an alternative diesel fuel produced using transesterification method where edible or non edible oil and alcohol reacts in the presence of catalyst. Biodiesel is expensive than fossil fuels because of higher raw material and production costs. Solid coconut waste is an alternative raw material from waste and suitable for biodiesel production to lower the production cost. Solid coconut waste was produced after coconut milk extraction and may still contain up to 24 wt% extractable oil content. This study introduces in situ transesterification of solid coconut waste for biodiesel production with the addition of co-solvents, n-hexane and petroleum ether to improve and reduce the cost of biodiesel production. Effect of co-solvents, temperature (55- 65°C), mixing intensity (500-800 rpm), amount of n-hexane based on methanol volume (5 %, 7.5 %, 10 % and 15 %) and methanol to waste ratio (7.5:1-10:1) were studied to optimize the in situ transesterification. The highest yield was achieved at 97 % with 2.0 % of catalyst, 15 % of n-hexane, mixing of 700 rpm, 10:1 methanol to waste ratio and reaction temperature of 55°C for 3-hour. AENSI Publications 2014-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/36923/1/Biodiesel_Production_from_Solid_Coconut_Waste.pdf Sulaiman, Sarina and Abdul Raman , Abdul Aziz and Aroua, Mohamed Kheireddine (2014) Biodiesel production from solid coconut waste. Advances in Environmental Biology, 8 (3). pp. 781-786. ISSN 1998-1066 (O), 1995-0756 (P) http://www.aensiweb.com/old/aeb/2014/781-786.pdf
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Sulaiman, Sarina
Abdul Raman , Abdul Aziz
Aroua, Mohamed Kheireddine
Biodiesel production from solid coconut waste
description Biodiesel is an alternative diesel fuel produced using transesterification method where edible or non edible oil and alcohol reacts in the presence of catalyst. Biodiesel is expensive than fossil fuels because of higher raw material and production costs. Solid coconut waste is an alternative raw material from waste and suitable for biodiesel production to lower the production cost. Solid coconut waste was produced after coconut milk extraction and may still contain up to 24 wt% extractable oil content. This study introduces in situ transesterification of solid coconut waste for biodiesel production with the addition of co-solvents, n-hexane and petroleum ether to improve and reduce the cost of biodiesel production. Effect of co-solvents, temperature (55- 65°C), mixing intensity (500-800 rpm), amount of n-hexane based on methanol volume (5 %, 7.5 %, 10 % and 15 %) and methanol to waste ratio (7.5:1-10:1) were studied to optimize the in situ transesterification. The highest yield was achieved at 97 % with 2.0 % of catalyst, 15 % of n-hexane, mixing of 700 rpm, 10:1 methanol to waste ratio and reaction temperature of 55°C for 3-hour.
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author Sulaiman, Sarina
Abdul Raman , Abdul Aziz
Aroua, Mohamed Kheireddine
author_facet Sulaiman, Sarina
Abdul Raman , Abdul Aziz
Aroua, Mohamed Kheireddine
author_sort Sulaiman, Sarina
title Biodiesel production from solid coconut waste
title_short Biodiesel production from solid coconut waste
title_full Biodiesel production from solid coconut waste
title_fullStr Biodiesel production from solid coconut waste
title_full_unstemmed Biodiesel production from solid coconut waste
title_sort biodiesel production from solid coconut waste
publisher AENSI Publications
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/36923/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36923/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36923/1/Biodiesel_Production_from_Solid_Coconut_Waste.pdf
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