Bioenergy II: production of biodegradable lubricant from Jatropha curcas and trimethylolpropane

Jatropha oil has good potential as the renewable energy as well as lubricant feedstock. Production of Jatropha oil based lubricant was performed via a two-step process; (i) the transesterification of Jatropha oil to produce Jatropha Methyl Ester (JME) and, (ii) transesterification of JME with trimet...

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Main Authors: Mohd Ghazi, Tinia Idaty, Gunam Resul, Mohamad Faiz Mukhtar, Idris, Azni
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Language:English
Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG 2009
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author Mohd Ghazi, Tinia Idaty
Gunam Resul, Mohamad Faiz Mukhtar
Idris, Azni
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description Jatropha oil has good potential as the renewable energy as well as lubricant feedstock. Production of Jatropha oil based lubricant was performed via a two-step process; (i) the transesterification of Jatropha oil to produce Jatropha Methyl Ester (JME) and, (ii) transesterification of JME with trimethylolpropane (TMP) under the presence of alkaline based catalyst. Transesterification of Jatropha oil was carried out at 65°C for 1 hour by using 1-2% NaOH as catalyst. While, the transesterification of JME was carried out at 150°C with pressure kept at 10mbar. The conversion of JME to jatropha biolubricant was found to be more than 80%. However, to maintain forward reaction, the amount of JME was maintained at about 4:1 ratios to TMP. The basic properties of jatropha biolubricant are found comparable to other plant based biolubricant.
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spelling upm-134102018-07-02T02:58:31Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13410/ Bioenergy II: production of biodegradable lubricant from Jatropha curcas and trimethylolpropane Mohd Ghazi, Tinia Idaty Gunam Resul, Mohamad Faiz Mukhtar Idris, Azni Jatropha oil has good potential as the renewable energy as well as lubricant feedstock. Production of Jatropha oil based lubricant was performed via a two-step process; (i) the transesterification of Jatropha oil to produce Jatropha Methyl Ester (JME) and, (ii) transesterification of JME with trimethylolpropane (TMP) under the presence of alkaline based catalyst. Transesterification of Jatropha oil was carried out at 65°C for 1 hour by using 1-2% NaOH as catalyst. While, the transesterification of JME was carried out at 150°C with pressure kept at 10mbar. The conversion of JME to jatropha biolubricant was found to be more than 80%. However, to maintain forward reaction, the amount of JME was maintained at about 4:1 ratios to TMP. The basic properties of jatropha biolubricant are found comparable to other plant based biolubricant. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG 2009 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13410/1/Bioenergy%20II%20production%20of%20biodegradable%20lubricant%20from%20Jatropha%20curcas%20and%20trimethylolpropane.pdf Mohd Ghazi, Tinia Idaty and Gunam Resul, Mohamad Faiz Mukhtar and Idris, Azni (2009) Bioenergy II: production of biodegradable lubricant from Jatropha curcas and trimethylolpropane. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 7 (1). art. no. A68. ISSN 1542-6580 https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ijcre.2009.7.1/ijcre.2009.7.1.1957/ijcre.2009.7.1.1957.xml 10.2202/1542-6580.1957
spellingShingle Mohd Ghazi, Tinia Idaty
Gunam Resul, Mohamad Faiz Mukhtar
Idris, Azni
Bioenergy II: production of biodegradable lubricant from Jatropha curcas and trimethylolpropane
title Bioenergy II: production of biodegradable lubricant from Jatropha curcas and trimethylolpropane
title_full Bioenergy II: production of biodegradable lubricant from Jatropha curcas and trimethylolpropane
title_fullStr Bioenergy II: production of biodegradable lubricant from Jatropha curcas and trimethylolpropane
title_full_unstemmed Bioenergy II: production of biodegradable lubricant from Jatropha curcas and trimethylolpropane
title_short Bioenergy II: production of biodegradable lubricant from Jatropha curcas and trimethylolpropane
title_sort bioenergy ii: production of biodegradable lubricant from jatropha curcas and trimethylolpropane
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