Valorization of banana pseudostem as a catalyst for transesterification process and its optimization studies

Niju, Subramaniapillai; Janaranjani, A.; Nanthini, R.; Sindhu, P. A.; Balajii, Muthusamy

doi:10.1007/s13399-021-01343-x

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“…However, the concentration of potassium did not significantly affect the biodiesel conversion. The banana pseudostem, which contains the lowest potassium concentration 24 as indicated in Table 2 , showed a high biodiesel conversion, which is comparable with that of the banana peels, 29 which contain the highest concentration of potassium ion. The reaction parameters such as the molar ratio of oil to methanol and catalyst weight do not have a significant effect on biodiesel conversion.…”

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Utilization of waste banana peels as heterogeneous catalysts in room-temperature biodiesel production using a homogenizer

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“…sapientum) as heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel production from palm oil using a homogenizer. Banana peels are known to contain a high amount of potassium element, 23,24 and hence, have the potential to be used as catalysts. Banana is very abundant in Indonesia with the production amounting to 8.74 million tons in 2021.…”

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Utilization of waste banana peels as heterogeneous catalysts in room-temperature biodiesel production using a homogenizer

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“…The reusability study showed an 80% biodiesel yield at the fourth reaction cycle. A catalyst prepared from Poovan banana pseudostem was studied by Niju et al [182] for the biodiesel synthesis from Madhuca indica oil. They prepared the catalyst by drying the pseudostem followed by calcination at 700 °C for 4 h. The surface area of the catalyst was 4.850 m 2 g −1 .…”

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Agricultural Waste-Based Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Production of Biodiesel: A Ranking Study via the VIKOR Method

Nath

Basumatary

Wary

et al. 2023

International Journal of Energy Research

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Agricultural waste-based heterogeneous catalysts are emerging as efficient and green catalysts. The present study explored the agricultural waste-based heterogeneous catalyst utilized in the production of biodiesel. The plant waste is composed of organic compounds and various metals which, on combustion, produces ashes that mainly consist of various metal carbonates and oxides. The most commonly employed approach for the solid catalyst preparation from plant materials is the calcination process, and it is performed at temperatures ranging from 300 to 1200°C. It is known that the temperature employed for calcination plays a vital role in the composition and development of the morphology of the catalyst. The variation in alkalinity, porosity, and, accordingly, the catalytic activity of the catalyst is significantly influenced by the calcination temperature. It was found that the potassium present in the form of oxide and carbonate as the main constituent in such catalysts played a significant role in delivering catalytic efficacy. Therefore, a number of agricultural waste-based catalysts were reported as efficient catalysts. The selection of the catalyst may be one of the important issues for application in large-scale biodiesel production. Thus, the present study was undertaken for the preparation of a rank list among the reported catalysts by following the VIKOR (Višekriterijumsko Kompromisno Rangiranje) multicriterion decision-making approach. In this work, the ranking study was performed considering the reported optimum reaction conditions (ORCs) of biodiesel synthesis reactions. The study was conducted strictly on the basis of the parameters, viz., catalyst concentration ( C 1 ), MTOR ( C 2 ), reaction temperature ( C 3 ), reaction time ( C 4 ), and biodiesel yield ( C 5 ). The parameters are considered good if C 1 , C 2 , C 3 , and C 4 are low or minimum and if C 5 is high or maximum. The catalyst prepared from plantain peel showed the best performance and ranked as the first one followed by Musa paradisiaca peel and cocoa pod husk catalysts which are ranked second. Thus, the VIKOR method can be useful for comparison and ranking purposes if there are a large number of data, and this may be expanded for thorough study by considering more criteria which may give more fruitful results.

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“…Presently, heterogeneous catalysts derived from agricultural waste biomass such as banana peel, banana peduncle/trunk, cocoa pod husk, walnut shell, passion fruit peel, coconut husk, palm bunch ash, and more ,− have been introduced and proven to have catalytic activity comparable with a homogeneous substance . For instance, our previous research showed that calcined waste passion fruit peel could transesterify palm oil to biodiesel in a reaction time of 30 min.…”

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Calcined Biowaste Durian Peel as a Heterogeneous Catalyst for Room-Temperature Biodiesel Production Using a Homogenizer Device

Sitepu,

Sinaga,

Sitepu

et al. 2024

ACS Omega

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Calcined biowaste durian peel (BDP) contains 86% potassium element as the main compound and has successfully catalyzed the transesterification of palm oil to biodiesel at room temperature. The effect of catalyst weight, molar ratio of palm oil to methanol, reaction time, and rotational speed of the homogenizer device was investigated on biodiesel conversion and yield. The highest biodiesel conversion of 97.4 ± 0.3% was achieved using the following reaction conditions: a catalyst weight of 5 wt %, a molar ratio of palm oil to methanol of 1:15, a reaction time of 10 min, and a rotational speed of 6000 rpm. Unfortunately, calcined BDP could not hold its catalytic activity in the reusability study. The biodiesel conversion was decreased in the second cycle due to the decrease of both catalyst weight and concentration of potassium ions after the first cycle. However, the calcined BDP paired with a homogenizer device could produce biodiesel in a short reaction time and at room temperature.

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Valorization of banana pseudostem as a catalyst for transesterification process and its optimization studies

Cited by 16 publications

References 51 publications

Utilization of waste banana peels as heterogeneous catalysts in room-temperature biodiesel production using a homogenizer

Utilization of waste banana peels as heterogeneous catalysts in room-temperature biodiesel production using a homogenizer

Agricultural Waste-Based Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Production of Biodiesel: A Ranking Study via the VIKOR Method

Calcined Biowaste Durian Peel as a Heterogeneous Catalyst for Room-Temperature Biodiesel Production Using a Homogenizer Device

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