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Pak. J. Bot., 44(3): 1111-1120, 2012. |
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BIODIESEL PRODUCTION USING ERUCA SATIVA OIL: OPTIMIZATION AND CHARACTERIZATION
MUHAMMAD WASEEM MUMTAZ1, AHMAD ADNAN1, ZAHED MAHMOOD2, HAMID MUKHTAR3, MUHAMMAD DANISH4 AND ZAHOOR AHMAD5
Abstract: In the present study Eruca sativa oil (Taramira oil) was explored for the production of biodiesel by optimizing transesterification process using NaOH, KOH and NaOCH3 as catalysts. Optimization of different reaction parameters i.e., catalyst concentration, reaction temperature, reaction time and alcohol to oil molar ratio was done using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). The order of catalytic effectiveness regarding production of the biodisel using three different catalysts was found to be NaOCH3 > KOH > NaOH. The biodiesel was characterized following GC-MS and FTIR analyses. The fuel properties such as cetane number 59.8, density 0.871 g/cm3, specific gravity 0.889, pour point -2.97oC, kinematic viscosity 5.71 mm2/s, flash point 197.5oC carbon residue 0.01% of the biodiesel produced ascertained the suitability of oil as a potential source for biodiesel production.
1Department of Chemistry, GC University Lahore, Pakistan 2Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan 3Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, GC University Lahore, Pakistan 4Department of Chemistry, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan 5Department of Statistics, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan Correspondence: Muhammad.waseem@uog.edu.pk |
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