Biodiesel from Sesame oil: Base catalysed transesterification

  • Authors

    • Kaniz Ferdous Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.
    • Mohammad Rakib Uddin Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.
    2012-09-08
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v1i4.335
  • Abstract

    A process for the production of methyl ester from Sesame oil containing 6.1% free fatty acid (FFA) for the use as a biodiesel was studied. These studies were carried out on transesterification reaction of Sesame oil with methanol to produce biodiesel. The reaction parameters such as Methanol/Oil molar ratio, catalyst concentration and reaction time were optimized for the production of sesame oil methyl ester (SOME). Conversion of triglyceride has been monitored from viscosity measurement and also by measuring produced glycerin concentration. Pseudo first order kinetic model has been proposed for the transesterification of Sesame oil to biodiesel and the data are fitted with the model to evaluate the kinetic parameters. Biodiesel properties such as cetane number, kinematic viscosity, flash point, pour point, cloud point are measured and compared with biodiesel and petro-diesel standard.

    Author Biographies

    • Kaniz Ferdous, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.
      Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science, Ph.D Student.
    • Mohammad Rakib Uddin, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.
      Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science, Lecturer.
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    Ferdous, K., & Uddin, M. R. (2012). Biodiesel from Sesame oil: Base catalysed transesterification. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 1(4), 420-431. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v1i4.335

    Received date: 2012-08-05

    Accepted date: 2012-08-27

    Published date: 2012-09-08