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Production of Biofuels Using Calcium-based Catalyst

Biodiesel is gaining more and more importance as an attractive fuel due to the depleting fossil fuel resources. Chemically biodiesel is monoalkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from renewable feed stock like vegetable oils and animal fats through transesterification reaction by methanol. I...

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Main Author: Fatin Elliya Binti Zailan, Fatin Elliya
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2012
Online Access:http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6486/1/Dissertation_Fatin%20Elliya_11926_CHE_Sept12.pdf
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spelling my-utp-utpedia.64862017-01-25T09:39:57Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6486/ Production of Biofuels Using Calcium-based Catalyst Fatin Elliya Binti Zailan, Fatin Elliya Biodiesel is gaining more and more importance as an attractive fuel due to the depleting fossil fuel resources. Chemically biodiesel is monoalkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from renewable feed stock like vegetable oils and animal fats through transesterification reaction by methanol. Increase in the production of biodiesel is expected in the near future. However, production costs are still rather high, compared to petroleum-based diesel fuel. From a financial point of view, the introduction of a solid heterogeneous catalyst in biodiesel production could reduce its price, becoming competitive with diesel fuel. In this work, production of biodiesel via transesterification of rubber seed oil using calcium based catalyst is investigated. Catalyst is prepared through incipient wetness impregnation method. The developed catalyst will undergoes catalyst characterization by using various tools to determine the pore volume, surface area, composition of catalyst and also the particle size. Transesterification reaction used a wide range of catalyst. Experiment will be carry out under the same reacting condition in the presence of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), calcium oxide (CaO), and calcium/zinc oxide (CaO/ZnO). . Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2012-09 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6486/1/Dissertation_Fatin%20Elliya_11926_CHE_Sept12.pdf Fatin Elliya Binti Zailan, Fatin Elliya (2012) Production of Biofuels Using Calcium-based Catalyst. Universiti Teknologi Petronas. (Unpublished)
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description Biodiesel is gaining more and more importance as an attractive fuel due to the depleting fossil fuel resources. Chemically biodiesel is monoalkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from renewable feed stock like vegetable oils and animal fats through transesterification reaction by methanol. Increase in the production of biodiesel is expected in the near future. However, production costs are still rather high, compared to petroleum-based diesel fuel. From a financial point of view, the introduction of a solid heterogeneous catalyst in biodiesel production could reduce its price, becoming competitive with diesel fuel. In this work, production of biodiesel via transesterification of rubber seed oil using calcium based catalyst is investigated. Catalyst is prepared through incipient wetness impregnation method. The developed catalyst will undergoes catalyst characterization by using various tools to determine the pore volume, surface area, composition of catalyst and also the particle size. Transesterification reaction used a wide range of catalyst. Experiment will be carry out under the same reacting condition in the presence of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), calcium oxide (CaO), and calcium/zinc oxide (CaO/ZnO). .
format Final Year Project
author Fatin Elliya Binti Zailan, Fatin Elliya
spellingShingle Fatin Elliya Binti Zailan, Fatin Elliya
Production of Biofuels Using Calcium-based Catalyst
author_facet Fatin Elliya Binti Zailan, Fatin Elliya
author_sort Fatin Elliya Binti Zailan, Fatin Elliya
title Production of Biofuels Using Calcium-based Catalyst
title_short Production of Biofuels Using Calcium-based Catalyst
title_full Production of Biofuels Using Calcium-based Catalyst
title_fullStr Production of Biofuels Using Calcium-based Catalyst
title_full_unstemmed Production of Biofuels Using Calcium-based Catalyst
title_sort production of biofuels using calcium-based catalyst
publisher Universiti Teknologi Petronas
publishDate 2012
url http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6486/1/Dissertation_Fatin%20Elliya_11926_CHE_Sept12.pdf
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