Effect of biodiesel production parameters on viscosity and yield of methyl esters: Jatropha curcas, Elaeis guineensis and Cocos nucifera

Ayetor, Godwin Kafui; Sunnu, Albert K.; Parbey, Joseph

doi:10.1016/j.aej.2015.09.011

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“…The Avocado biodiesel was produced in the laboratory by a process known as transesterification [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] and the reaction is a six staged process of oil heating, formation of alkoxide, transesterification reaction, products separation, crude biodiesel purification and methanol recovery. The process flow chart is shown in Fig.…”

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Data on optimization of production parameters on Persea Americana (Avocado) plant oil biodiesel yield and quality

Paul

Folayan

2018

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Biodiesel has continued to receive enormous patronage from world energy demand as a result of its renewable nature, low toxicity, rapid degradation, robust fuel performance and low emission characteristics and its overall environmental friendliness.Hence, these data showed the optimization of temperature, catalyst concentration and type of catalyst, alcohol type and alcohol to oil molar ratio and reaction time on Avocado plant oil biodiesel yield and quality produced via alkali-catalyzed transesterification reaction. Data on the quality of the biodiesel produced by using the American Standard for Testing Materials (ASTM) procedures for biodiesel characterization with different concentrations of alcohol and catalyst under varying temperatures and reaction durations are also provided. The tested biodiesel properties are the cold flow properties (pour point and cloud point) and the critical parameters such as kinematic viscosity at 40 °C, specific gravity at 15 °C, flash point, cetane number, calorific value, iodine value, acid number and sulphated ash percentage.

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Section: Experimental Design Materials and Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Data on optimization of production parameters on Persea Americana (Avocado) plant oil biodiesel yield and quality

Paul

Folayan

2018

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“…The yield of biodiesel was evaluated aer the separation process using the method reported elsewhere. 21…”

Section: Transesterication Process and Biodiesel Separationmentioning

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Potential waste from palm empty fruit bunches and eggshells as a heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production

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“…The density at 15 •C was found to be 865 kg/m 3 which is in the acceptable limits of standards. The kinematic viscosity was found 6.783 mm 2 /s which is slightly higher than the ASTM standards, due to high fatty acid composition [31], [32]. The flash point, acid value and cetane number of JME were 154 ˚C, 0.34 mgKOH/g and 53.33 min.…”

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Optimization of Biodiesel Production from Jojoba Oil Using Red Sea Coralline limestone as a heterogeneous Catalyst

Hassan¹,

Youssif²,

Ibrahim³

2019

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Jojoba oil (Simmondsia chinensis Link Schneider) has potential as an alternative, nonfood feedstock for Biodiesel production. Jojoba seed which obtained from Erkaweit-Sudan was used in biodiesel (JME) production using Coralline limestone rocks as a heterogeneous catalyst. Coralline limestone rocks is a abundant and environmentally friendly in the Red Sea area, the main characteristic of this rock is the high content of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), which was transformed into CaO by calcinations. The transesterification reaction variables; methanol / oil molar ratio, catalyst weight% and reaction time were fully optimized using response surface methodology (RSM) based on a central composite design (CCD). The catalyst was characterized by X-ray fluorescence (XRF), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and HPGe gamma spectrometry. Jojoba seeds were investigated for agronomical parameters, the analysis of jojoba seed gives, 45.187g weight of 50 seeds, the seeds measurements were 16.256 mm length, 10.551 breadth and 9.721mm thickness, the proximate composition of the seed were 46.711 oil content, 3.486 Moisture, 1.71 Ash, 15.45 Protein and 32.633 Carbohydrates (by diff.). Jojoba oil was also tested for its physiochemical properties including acid value, peroxide value, FFA, flash point, pour point, refractive index, density, viscosity @ 40 ˚C, saponification and iodine values. Proximate analysis of extracted oil gives (0.936 mgKOH/g, 2.469 mEq/kg, 0.47%, 150 ˚C, +9 ˚C, 1.464, 0.864 g/ml, 22.507 Cst, 95.011 mgKOH/g and 84.20 I2/100g) respectively. The important fuel properties of Jojoba oil methyl ester (JME) were evaluated including kinematic viscosity @ 40 ˚C (6.783 Cst), acid value (034 mgKOH/g), Flash point (154 ˚C), density (865 kg/m3) and cetane number (53.33 min.). The fatty acids profile fatty jojoba oil and jojoba methyl ester were established by GC analysis. According to this study, the maximum yield of JME was 81.93% at 12/1 methanol/oil molar ratio 5% catalyst weight and 3 hours reaction time.

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Effect of biodiesel production parameters on viscosity and yield of methyl esters: Jatropha curcas, Elaeis guineensis and Cocos nucifera

Cited by 96 publications

References 20 publications

Data on optimization of production parameters on Persea Americana (Avocado) plant oil biodiesel yield and quality

Data on optimization of production parameters on Persea Americana (Avocado) plant oil biodiesel yield and quality

Potential waste from palm empty fruit bunches and eggshells as a heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production

Optimization of Biodiesel Production from Jojoba Oil Using Red Sea Coralline limestone as a heterogeneous Catalyst

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