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Jatropha Biodiesel Blends: A Noble Solution for Global Fuel Crisis

Biodiesel has been increasingly promoted as an alternative renewable fuel due to fossil fuel depletion and environmental degradation. In USA, Europe and Asia, biodiesel is derived from animal fats and vegetable oil to significantly reduce air pollution and dependence on fossil fuel, where resourc...

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Main Author: Chan, Wenzhen
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Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2012
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spelling my-utp-utpedia.98652017-01-25T09:39:53Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/9865/ Jatropha Biodiesel Blends: A Noble Solution for Global Fuel Crisis Chan, Wenzhen TP Chemical technology Biodiesel has been increasingly promoted as an alternative renewable fuel due to fossil fuel depletion and environmental degradation. In USA, Europe and Asia, biodiesel is derived from animal fats and vegetable oil to significantly reduce air pollution and dependence on fossil fuel, where resources are limited and localized to specific regions. Edible oil such as Soybean, sunflower and rapeseed are used as feedstock for the production of biodiesel in USA and Europe. Palm oil is used mainly in the Asia region. This calls for the exploration of non-edible seed oil as to reduce the dependency on edible oil as biodiesel raw materials, as an effective global solution without affecting the global food economy, depletion of food supply, feedstock cost and limited land availability for plantation of oil crop. In the present study, blends of Jatropha, Soybean and Palm biodiesel have been explored to determine a noble design with respect to optimum oxidation stability and low temperature properties (cloud point, pour point and cold filter plugging point). A two-step process consisting of preesterification and esterification were developed to produce biodiesel from crude Jatropha curcas L. and Soybean respectively. The process was carried out at optimized set of conditions: methanoVoil molar ratio (6:1), sodium methoxide catalyst concentration (1.00%), temperature (60°C) and mixing intensity (1200 rpm). The physicochemical properties showed that the methyl esters contained low moisture level (<500ppm) and acid value (<0.5 mg-KOH/ mg-oil) respectively. Characterization of the fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) was accomplished by gas-chromatography. The biodiesel produced were found to comply to the standards specifications of ASTM D 6751, EN 14214 and MS123:2008. The noble design of Jatropha and Soybean biodiesel blend has achieved better cold filter plugging point than PETRONAS B5 Dynamic Diesel. The noble design of Jatropha and Palm biodiesel blend is able to meet the industrial expectation of cold filter plugging point, delivering a natural additive effect on neat Palm biodiesel. Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2012-09 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/9865/1/2012%20-%20Jatropha%20Biodiesel%20Blends%20A%20Noble%20Solution%20for%20Global%20Fuel%20Crisis%20.pdf Chan, Wenzhen (2012) Jatropha Biodiesel Blends: A Noble Solution for Global Fuel Crisis. Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. (Unpublished)
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Jatropha Biodiesel Blends: A Noble Solution for Global Fuel Crisis
description Biodiesel has been increasingly promoted as an alternative renewable fuel due to fossil fuel depletion and environmental degradation. In USA, Europe and Asia, biodiesel is derived from animal fats and vegetable oil to significantly reduce air pollution and dependence on fossil fuel, where resources are limited and localized to specific regions. Edible oil such as Soybean, sunflower and rapeseed are used as feedstock for the production of biodiesel in USA and Europe. Palm oil is used mainly in the Asia region. This calls for the exploration of non-edible seed oil as to reduce the dependency on edible oil as biodiesel raw materials, as an effective global solution without affecting the global food economy, depletion of food supply, feedstock cost and limited land availability for plantation of oil crop. In the present study, blends of Jatropha, Soybean and Palm biodiesel have been explored to determine a noble design with respect to optimum oxidation stability and low temperature properties (cloud point, pour point and cold filter plugging point). A two-step process consisting of preesterification and esterification were developed to produce biodiesel from crude Jatropha curcas L. and Soybean respectively. The process was carried out at optimized set of conditions: methanoVoil molar ratio (6:1), sodium methoxide catalyst concentration (1.00%), temperature (60°C) and mixing intensity (1200 rpm). The physicochemical properties showed that the methyl esters contained low moisture level (<500ppm) and acid value (<0.5 mg-KOH/ mg-oil) respectively. Characterization of the fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) was accomplished by gas-chromatography. The biodiesel produced were found to comply to the standards specifications of ASTM D 6751, EN 14214 and MS123:2008. The noble design of Jatropha and Soybean biodiesel blend has achieved better cold filter plugging point than PETRONAS B5 Dynamic Diesel. The noble design of Jatropha and Palm biodiesel blend is able to meet the industrial expectation of cold filter plugging point, delivering a natural additive effect on neat Palm biodiesel.
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title Jatropha Biodiesel Blends: A Noble Solution for Global Fuel Crisis
title_short Jatropha Biodiesel Blends: A Noble Solution for Global Fuel Crisis
title_full Jatropha Biodiesel Blends: A Noble Solution for Global Fuel Crisis
title_fullStr Jatropha Biodiesel Blends: A Noble Solution for Global Fuel Crisis
title_full_unstemmed Jatropha Biodiesel Blends: A Noble Solution for Global Fuel Crisis
title_sort jatropha biodiesel blends: a noble solution for global fuel crisis
publisher Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
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