Characterisation of biodiesel produced from castor oil

Ricinus communis L., or also well-known as castor bean plant which belong to Euphorbiacceae family, contain 35% - 55% of oil when extracted. This castor oil contained high value of fatty acid or ricinoleic, which make transesterification process become easier due to high solubility in methanol. Cast...

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Main Author: Mohamad Nadzrie, Lary
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Published: 2014
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description Ricinus communis L., or also well-known as castor bean plant which belong to Euphorbiacceae family, contain 35% - 55% of oil when extracted. This castor oil contained high value of fatty acid or ricinoleic, which make transesterification process become easier due to high solubility in methanol. Castor oil also reported slowly becoming one of valuable chemical feedstocks because of its special characteristic. Besides, production of biodiesel also gained from castor oil. Biodiesel produced from castor oil has been one of important research for current researcher. Many of them successfully produced biodiesel with several methods and different catalyst as the cheapest method still the major target. This research focus on using calcium oxide (CaO) as the catalyst which is a type of heterogeneous catalyst. Usage of heterogeneous catalyst seem to help a lot in saving the production cost. To ensure the product can be used or not, the produced biodiesel will be characterized and compare with the standards and result from previous researcher on castor oil. ASTM D6751 standards is the reference during the characterisation part take place
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spelling ump-92472023-07-10T04:59:52Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9247/ Characterisation of biodiesel produced from castor oil Mohamad Nadzrie, Lary TP Chemical technology Ricinus communis L., or also well-known as castor bean plant which belong to Euphorbiacceae family, contain 35% - 55% of oil when extracted. This castor oil contained high value of fatty acid or ricinoleic, which make transesterification process become easier due to high solubility in methanol. Castor oil also reported slowly becoming one of valuable chemical feedstocks because of its special characteristic. Besides, production of biodiesel also gained from castor oil. Biodiesel produced from castor oil has been one of important research for current researcher. Many of them successfully produced biodiesel with several methods and different catalyst as the cheapest method still the major target. This research focus on using calcium oxide (CaO) as the catalyst which is a type of heterogeneous catalyst. Usage of heterogeneous catalyst seem to help a lot in saving the production cost. To ensure the product can be used or not, the produced biodiesel will be characterized and compare with the standards and result from previous researcher on castor oil. ASTM D6751 standards is the reference during the characterisation part take place 2014-01 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9247/1/30.Characterisation%20of%20biodiesel%20produced%20from%20castor%20oil.pdf Mohamad Nadzrie, Lary (2014) Characterisation of biodiesel produced from castor oil. Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang.
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Mohamad Nadzrie, Lary
Characterisation of biodiesel produced from castor oil
title Characterisation of biodiesel produced from castor oil
title_full Characterisation of biodiesel produced from castor oil
title_fullStr Characterisation of biodiesel produced from castor oil
title_full_unstemmed Characterisation of biodiesel produced from castor oil
title_short Characterisation of biodiesel produced from castor oil
title_sort characterisation of biodiesel produced from castor oil
topic TP Chemical technology
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9247/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9247/1/30.Characterisation%20of%20biodiesel%20produced%20from%20castor%20oil.pdf