In situ alkaline transesterification of cottonseed oil for production of biodiesel and nontoxic cottonseed meal

Soybeans Processing for Biodiesel Production

“…These results confirmed the lower ability of methanol on oil extraction without ultrasonication effect in comparison with other solvents or alcoholic mixtures. Similar results were reported on methanol effect during biodiesel production by (Kim et al, 2010;Qian et al, 2008). Fig.…”

“…Similar results were also reported by Qian et al (2008). The effect of ultrasound power on various methanol to oil ratio on oil to biodiesel conversion rate is shown in Fig.…”

“…However, with further decrease in the particle size, the extraction of cottonseed oil was nearly constant. The optimum particle size for cottonseed was between 0.3 to 0.335 mm (Qian et al, 2008). A similar result was stated by Lim et al (2010).…”

“…Quian et al (2008) investigated the quality of biodiesel production from cotton seeds by in-situ transesterification in presence of a base catalyst. They showed that molar ratio of alcohol to cottonseed oil is important for biodiesel production (Qian et al, 2008). Similar results were reported by Santos et al (2009).…”

“…It was observed that the oil yield increased as the particle size was decreased. Qian et al (2008) showed that the extraction rate of cottonseed oil increased with decreasing particle size of cottonseed flours. However, with further decrease in the particle size, the extraction of cottonseed oil was nearly constant.…”