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Green nano-catalyst for methanolysis of non-edible Jatropha oil

Non-edible feedstocks are regarded as a sustainable source of renewable energy. In order to find renewable, cheaper and easier methods to obtain energy, attention has been paid to develop potential green catalyst to produce renewable biodiesel. The catalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XR...

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Main Authors: Teo, Siow Hwa, Rashid, Umer, Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin
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Published: Elsevier 2014
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spelling my.upm.eprints.377892015-12-01T02:15:37Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37789/ Green nano-catalyst for methanolysis of non-edible Jatropha oil Teo, Siow Hwa Rashid, Umer Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin Non-edible feedstocks are regarded as a sustainable source of renewable energy. In order to find renewable, cheaper and easier methods to obtain energy, attention has been paid to develop potential green catalyst to produce renewable biodiesel. The catalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) results in combination with thermogravimetry–differential thermal analysis (TG–DTA), Brunauer–Emmer–Teller (BET), Fourier transfrom-infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). TEM analysis depicted that calcium methoxide (Ca(OCH3)2) catalysts were in size of 34.7 nm. The reaction parameters namely; reaction time, methanol/oil molar ratio, catalyst dosage were investigated for fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) yield. The highest biodiesel yield (95%) was appraised under the optimum condition (i.e. catalyst amount of 2 wt.%; methanol/oil molar ratio of 15:1, reaction time of 90 min). The Ca(OCH3)2 phase of catalyst can be regarded as an active phase to get high yield of biodiesel which was confirmed from characterization study. Furthermore, important fuel properties were also investigated and satisfied the ASTM D6751 and European 14214 biodiesel standards. Thus, Ca(OCH3)2 catalyst prepared in this study was having efficient, low toxicity, cost effective and easy to prepare for green fuels production especially biodiesel. Elsevier 2014-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37789/1/Green%20nano-catalyst%20for%20methanolysis%20of%20non-edible%20Jatropha%20oil.pdf Teo, Siow Hwa and Rashid, Umer and Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin (2014) Green nano-catalyst for methanolysis of non-edible Jatropha oil. Energy Conversion and Management, 87. pp. 618-627. ISSN 0196-8904; ESSN: 1879-2227 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890414006797 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.07.048
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description Non-edible feedstocks are regarded as a sustainable source of renewable energy. In order to find renewable, cheaper and easier methods to obtain energy, attention has been paid to develop potential green catalyst to produce renewable biodiesel. The catalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) results in combination with thermogravimetry–differential thermal analysis (TG–DTA), Brunauer–Emmer–Teller (BET), Fourier transfrom-infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). TEM analysis depicted that calcium methoxide (Ca(OCH3)2) catalysts were in size of 34.7 nm. The reaction parameters namely; reaction time, methanol/oil molar ratio, catalyst dosage were investigated for fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) yield. The highest biodiesel yield (95%) was appraised under the optimum condition (i.e. catalyst amount of 2 wt.%; methanol/oil molar ratio of 15:1, reaction time of 90 min). The Ca(OCH3)2 phase of catalyst can be regarded as an active phase to get high yield of biodiesel which was confirmed from characterization study. Furthermore, important fuel properties were also investigated and satisfied the ASTM D6751 and European 14214 biodiesel standards. Thus, Ca(OCH3)2 catalyst prepared in this study was having efficient, low toxicity, cost effective and easy to prepare for green fuels production especially biodiesel.
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author Teo, Siow Hwa
Rashid, Umer
Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin
spellingShingle Teo, Siow Hwa
Rashid, Umer
Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin
Green nano-catalyst for methanolysis of non-edible Jatropha oil
author_facet Teo, Siow Hwa
Rashid, Umer
Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin
author_sort Teo, Siow Hwa
title Green nano-catalyst for methanolysis of non-edible Jatropha oil
title_short Green nano-catalyst for methanolysis of non-edible Jatropha oil
title_full Green nano-catalyst for methanolysis of non-edible Jatropha oil
title_fullStr Green nano-catalyst for methanolysis of non-edible Jatropha oil
title_full_unstemmed Green nano-catalyst for methanolysis of non-edible Jatropha oil
title_sort green nano-catalyst for methanolysis of non-edible jatropha oil
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37789/1/Green%20nano-catalyst%20for%20methanolysis%20of%20non-edible%20Jatropha%20oil.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37789/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890414006797
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