Transesterification of Karanja (Pongammia Pinnata) oil using barnacle derived CaO mixed ZnO

Karanja oil (Pongamia Pinnata) as non-edible oil is chosen as alternative biodiesel feedstock as comparable diesel fuel prolonged due to the battle of starvation on using of edible oils traditionally. Transesterification reaction of Karanja oil extracted from Soxhlet method and catalysed by barnacle...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Siti Norhafiza, Mohd Khazaai, Nurul Hajar, Embong, Hasnida, Hasshim, Mohd Hasbi, Ab. Rahim, Gaanty Pragas, Maniam
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: American Institute of Physics Inc. 2018
Subjects:
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22407/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22407/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22407/1/Transesterification%20of%20Karanja%20%28Pongammia%20Pinnata%29%20oil%20using%20barnacle.pdf
Description
Summary:Karanja oil (Pongamia Pinnata) as non-edible oil is chosen as alternative biodiesel feedstock as comparable diesel fuel prolonged due to the battle of starvation on using of edible oils traditionally. Transesterification reaction of Karanja oil extracted from Soxhlet method and catalysed by barnacle as a CaO source mixed with ZnO through ball mill method at 1:2 ratios, calcined for 3 h at 700 °C successfully to produce biodiesel. The optimal conditions were found to be: methanol/oil mass ratio, 12:1; catalyst amount, 9 wt% at the reaction temperature, 65 °C within 3 h of reaction time achieving 97.75% of methyl ester conversion.