Microwave-assisted biodiesel production by esterification of palm fatty acid distillate

Microwave-assisted biodiesel production by esterification of palm fatty acid distillate

In the current research work, effect of microwave irradiation energy on the esterification of palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) to produce PFAD methyl ester / biodiesel was intensively appraised. The PFAD is a by-product from refinery of crude palm oil consisting >85% of free fatty acid (FFA). Th...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim, Mohd Lokman, Rashid, Umer, Zainal, Zulkarnain, Yunus, Robiah, Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin
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Published: Japan Oil Chemists' Society 2014
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spelling upm-345252016-11-29T02:27:57Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34525/ Microwave-assisted biodiesel production by esterification of palm fatty acid distillate Ibrahim, Mohd Lokman Rashid, Umer Zainal, Zulkarnain Yunus, Robiah Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin In the current research work, effect of microwave irradiation energy on the esterification of palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) to produce PFAD methyl ester / biodiesel was intensively appraised. The PFAD is a by-product from refinery of crude palm oil consisting >85% of free fatty acid (FFA). The esterification reaction process with acid catalyst is needed to convert the FFA into fatty acid methyl ester or known as biodiesel. In this work, fabricated microwave-pulse width modulation (MPWM) reactor with controlled temperature was designed to be capable to increase the PFAD biodiesel production rate. The classical optimization technique was used in order to study the relationship and the optimum condition of variables involved. Consequently, by using MPWM reactor, mixture of methanol-to-PFAD molar ratio of 9:1, 1 wt.% of sulfuric acid catalyst, at 55°C reaction temperature within 15 min reaction time gave 99.5% of FFA conversion. The quality assessment and properties of the product were analyzed according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), European (EN) standard methods and all results were in agreement with the standard requirements. It revealed that the use of fabricated MPWM with controlled temperature was significantly affecting the rate of esterification reaction and also increased the production yield of PFAD methyl ester. Japan Oil Chemists' Society 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34525/1/Microwave-assisted%20biodiesel%20production%20by%20esterification%20of%20palm%20fatty%20acid%20distillate.pdf Ibrahim, Mohd Lokman and Rashid, Umer and Zainal, Zulkarnain and Yunus, Robiah and Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin (2014) Microwave-assisted biodiesel production by esterification of palm fatty acid distillate. Journal of Oleo Science, 63 (9). 849-855 . ISSN 1345-8957; ESSN: 1347-3352 https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jos/63/9/63_ess14068/_article 10.5650/jos.ess14068
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description In the current research work, effect of microwave irradiation energy on the esterification of palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) to produce PFAD methyl ester / biodiesel was intensively appraised. The PFAD is a by-product from refinery of crude palm oil consisting >85% of free fatty acid (FFA). The esterification reaction process with acid catalyst is needed to convert the FFA into fatty acid methyl ester or known as biodiesel. In this work, fabricated microwave-pulse width modulation (MPWM) reactor with controlled temperature was designed to be capable to increase the PFAD biodiesel production rate. The classical optimization technique was used in order to study the relationship and the optimum condition of variables involved. Consequently, by using MPWM reactor, mixture of methanol-to-PFAD molar ratio of 9:1, 1 wt.% of sulfuric acid catalyst, at 55°C reaction temperature within 15 min reaction time gave 99.5% of FFA conversion. The quality assessment and properties of the product were analyzed according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), European (EN) standard methods and all results were in agreement with the standard requirements. It revealed that the use of fabricated MPWM with controlled temperature was significantly affecting the rate of esterification reaction and also increased the production yield of PFAD methyl ester.
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author Ibrahim, Mohd Lokman
Rashid, Umer
Zainal, Zulkarnain
Yunus, Robiah
Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin
spellingShingle Ibrahim, Mohd Lokman
Rashid, Umer
Zainal, Zulkarnain
Yunus, Robiah
Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin
Microwave-assisted biodiesel production by esterification of palm fatty acid distillate
author_facet Ibrahim, Mohd Lokman
Rashid, Umer
Zainal, Zulkarnain
Yunus, Robiah
Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin
author_sort Ibrahim, Mohd Lokman
title Microwave-assisted biodiesel production by esterification of palm fatty acid distillate
title_short Microwave-assisted biodiesel production by esterification of palm fatty acid distillate
title_full Microwave-assisted biodiesel production by esterification of palm fatty acid distillate
title_fullStr Microwave-assisted biodiesel production by esterification of palm fatty acid distillate
title_full_unstemmed Microwave-assisted biodiesel production by esterification of palm fatty acid distillate
title_sort microwave-assisted biodiesel production by esterification of palm fatty acid distillate
publisher Japan Oil Chemists' Society
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34525/
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