Blended aviation biofuel from esterified Jatropha curcas and waste vegetable oils

Conventional petroleum-based jet fuels, including Jet A-1, are not renewable and generate a considerable amount of particulate and gaseous pollutants. Non-edible low cost vegetable oil such as waste vegetable oil (WVO) and Jatropha curcas can be used as feedstock for jet biofuel production with posi...

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Main Authors:	Baroutian, S., Aroua, M.K., Abdul Raman, A.A., Shafie, A., Ismail, R.A., Hamdan, H.
Format:	Article
Published:	Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 2013
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876107013000606 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876107013000606

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spelling	um-73922017-09-13T08:04:17Z Blended aviation biofuel from esterified Jatropha curcas and waste vegetable oils Baroutian, S. Aroua, M.K. Abdul Raman, A.A. Shafie, A. Ismail, R.A. Hamdan, H. TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology Conventional petroleum-based jet fuels, including Jet A-1, are not renewable and generate a considerable amount of particulate and gaseous pollutants. Non-edible low cost vegetable oil such as waste vegetable oil (WVO) and Jatropha curcas can be used as feedstock for jet biofuel production with positive influence on the world climate change. In this work, an aviation biofuel was produced through blending of the methyl esters of waste vegetable and jatropha oils with Jet A-1 aviation fuel. A process was designed and fabricated to pretreat the waste vegetable oil obtained from local restaurant by means of dewatering and filtration to remove water and solid contaminants, respectively. Waste oil and J. curcas oil were converted to their methyl esters through a two-step catalytic reaction. Several blends of the produced methyl esters with Jet A-1 were prepared and characterized to determine the most suitable ratio based on the jet fuel specifications. The characterizations confirm that the jet biofuel with 10 and 20 methyl ester contents have comparable properties with the commercial available aviation fuel. Production of jet biofuel from waste vegetable and jatropha oil can be an alternative to reduce the amount of waste oil being disposed, to address the problems of energy and food self-sufficiency and to produce a clean fuel. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 2013 Article PeerReviewed http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876107013000606 Baroutian, S.; Aroua, M.K.; Abdul Raman, A.A.; Shafie, A.; Ismail, R.A.; Hamdan, H. (2013) Blended aviation biofuel from esterified Jatropha curcas and waste vegetable oils. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers <http://eprints.um.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_the_Taiwan_Institute_of_Chemical_Engineers.html>. pp. 1-6. ISSN 1876-1070 http://eprints.um.edu.my/7392/
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topic	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology
spellingShingle	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology Baroutian, S. Aroua, M.K. Abdul Raman, A.A. Shafie, A. Ismail, R.A. Hamdan, H. Blended aviation biofuel from esterified Jatropha curcas and waste vegetable oils
description	Conventional petroleum-based jet fuels, including Jet A-1, are not renewable and generate a considerable amount of particulate and gaseous pollutants. Non-edible low cost vegetable oil such as waste vegetable oil (WVO) and Jatropha curcas can be used as feedstock for jet biofuel production with positive influence on the world climate change. In this work, an aviation biofuel was produced through blending of the methyl esters of waste vegetable and jatropha oils with Jet A-1 aviation fuel. A process was designed and fabricated to pretreat the waste vegetable oil obtained from local restaurant by means of dewatering and filtration to remove water and solid contaminants, respectively. Waste oil and J. curcas oil were converted to their methyl esters through a two-step catalytic reaction. Several blends of the produced methyl esters with Jet A-1 were prepared and characterized to determine the most suitable ratio based on the jet fuel specifications. The characterizations confirm that the jet biofuel with 10 and 20 methyl ester contents have comparable properties with the commercial available aviation fuel. Production of jet biofuel from waste vegetable and jatropha oil can be an alternative to reduce the amount of waste oil being disposed, to address the problems of energy and food self-sufficiency and to produce a clean fuel.
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author	Baroutian, S. Aroua, M.K. Abdul Raman, A.A. Shafie, A. Ismail, R.A. Hamdan, H.
author_facet	Baroutian, S. Aroua, M.K. Abdul Raman, A.A. Shafie, A. Ismail, R.A. Hamdan, H.
author_sort	Baroutian, S.
title	Blended aviation biofuel from esterified Jatropha curcas and waste vegetable oils
title_short	Blended aviation biofuel from esterified Jatropha curcas and waste vegetable oils
title_full	Blended aviation biofuel from esterified Jatropha curcas and waste vegetable oils
title_fullStr	Blended aviation biofuel from esterified Jatropha curcas and waste vegetable oils
title_full_unstemmed	Blended aviation biofuel from esterified Jatropha curcas and waste vegetable oils
title_sort	blended aviation biofuel from esterified jatropha curcas and waste vegetable oils
publisher	Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
publishDate	2013
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876107013000606 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876107013000606
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Blended aviation biofuel from esterified Jatropha curcas and waste vegetable oils

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