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Supercritical Methanol via Transesterification from Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel

This research project is basically an experiment approach to study the use of supercritical methanol (SCM) transesterification of castor oil to produce biodiesel. The objective of this project is to study the effects of temperature, pressure, reaction time and the yield of methyl esters or biodiesel...

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Main Author:	Nor Shazwan Bin AhamadMarakan, Nor Shazwan
Format:	Final Year Project
Published:	Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2011
Subjects:	TP Chemical technology
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spelling	my-utp-utpedia.4682017-01-19T15:45:27Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/468/ Supercritical Methanol via Transesterification from Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel Nor Shazwan Bin AhamadMarakan, Nor Shazwan TP Chemical technology This research project is basically an experiment approach to study the use of supercritical methanol (SCM) transesterification of castor oil to produce biodiesel. The objective of this project is to study the effects of temperature, pressure, reaction time and the yield of methyl esters or biodiesel between supercritical methanol method with heterogeneous catalytic method. In this study, castor oil has been chosen as feedstock because it is readily available in Malaysia and inedible oil. Castor oil is constituted mainly by triglycerides. These triglycerides are converted to the corresponding alkyl ester and glycerol by transesterification with short chain alcohols, typically methanol in this research. The research was carried out in a batch-type tube reactor and heated beyond supercritical temperature and pressure of methanol, which are at 239 °C and 8.1 MPa respectively. The molar ratio alcohol/oil has been identified as a crucial variable and has been varied in these experiments which are 1:3 and 1:6.Non-catalytic supercritical methanol method offers advantages over the catalytic transesterification method either the alkaline or acidic. Compared to conventional catalytic methods, supercritical methanol technology has been shown to be superior in terms of time and energy consumption. Gas Chromatography (GC) will be used to analyze the biodiesel product. Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2011-05 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed Nor Shazwan Bin AhamadMarakan, Nor Shazwan (2011) Supercritical Methanol via Transesterification from Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel. Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Sri Iskandar,Tronoh,Perak. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	TP Chemical technology Nor Shazwan Bin AhamadMarakan, Nor Shazwan Supercritical Methanol via Transesterification from Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel
description	This research project is basically an experiment approach to study the use of supercritical methanol (SCM) transesterification of castor oil to produce biodiesel. The objective of this project is to study the effects of temperature, pressure, reaction time and the yield of methyl esters or biodiesel between supercritical methanol method with heterogeneous catalytic method. In this study, castor oil has been chosen as feedstock because it is readily available in Malaysia and inedible oil. Castor oil is constituted mainly by triglycerides. These triglycerides are converted to the corresponding alkyl ester and glycerol by transesterification with short chain alcohols, typically methanol in this research. The research was carried out in a batch-type tube reactor and heated beyond supercritical temperature and pressure of methanol, which are at 239 °C and 8.1 MPa respectively. The molar ratio alcohol/oil has been identified as a crucial variable and has been varied in these experiments which are 1:3 and 1:6.Non-catalytic supercritical methanol method offers advantages over the catalytic transesterification method either the alkaline or acidic. Compared to conventional catalytic methods, supercritical methanol technology has been shown to be superior in terms of time and energy consumption. Gas Chromatography (GC) will be used to analyze the biodiesel product.
format	Final Year Project
author	Nor Shazwan Bin AhamadMarakan, Nor Shazwan
author_facet	Nor Shazwan Bin AhamadMarakan, Nor Shazwan
author_sort	Nor Shazwan Bin AhamadMarakan, Nor Shazwan
title	Supercritical Methanol via Transesterification from Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel
title_short	Supercritical Methanol via Transesterification from Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel
title_full	Supercritical Methanol via Transesterification from Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel
title_fullStr	Supercritical Methanol via Transesterification from Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel
title_full_unstemmed	Supercritical Methanol via Transesterification from Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel
title_sort	supercritical methanol via transesterification from castor oil to produce biodiesel
publisher	Universiti Teknologi Petronas
publishDate	2011
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Supercritical Methanol via Transesterification from Castor Oil to Produce Biodiesel

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