Publication: The Production of Biodiesel and Bio-kerosene from Coconut Oil Using Microwave Assisted Reaction
Date
2016
Authors
Saifuddin N.
Siti Fazlili A.
Kumaran P.
Pei-Jua N.
Priathashini P.
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Publisher
Institute of Physics Publishing
Abstract
Biofuels including biodiesel, an alternative fuel, is renewable, environmentally friendly, non-toxic and low emissions. The raw material used in this work was coconut oil, which contained saturated fatty acids about 90% with high percentage of medium chain (C8-C12), especially lauric acid and myristic acid. The purpose of this research was to study the effect of power and NaOH catalyst in transesterification assisted by microwave for production of biofuels (biodiesel and bio-kerosene) derived from coconut oil. The reaction was performed with oil and methanol using mole ratio of 1:6, catalyst concentration of 0.6% with microwave power at 100W, 180W, 300W, 450W, 600W, and 850W. The reaction time was set at of 3, 5, 7, 10 and 15 min. The results showed that microwave could accelerate the transesterification process to produce biodiesel and bio-kerosene using NaOH catalyst. The highest yield of biodiesel was 97.17 %, or 99.05 % conversion at 5 min and 100W microwave power. Meanwhile, the bio-kerosene obtained was 65% after distillation.
Description
Alternative fuels; Biodiesel; Biofuels; Catalysts; Distillation; Fatty acids; Microwave generation; Microwaves; Saturated fatty acids; Transesterification; Vegetable oils; Catalyst concentration; Coconut oil; Lauric acid; Low emission; Microwave power; Microwave-assisted reactions; Myristic acid; Transesterification process; Kerosene; biofuel; catalyst; distillation; energy resource; fatty acid; hydroxide; microwave radiation; power generation; renewable resource; research work; sodium; vegetable oil