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Biodiesel Production from Rubber Seed Oil by Transesterification Using a Co‐solvent of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters
Author(s) -
Le Hanh Ngoc Thi,
Imamura Kiyoshi,
Watanabe Norie,
Furuta Masakazu,
Takenaka Norimichi,
Boi Luu Van,
Maeda Yasuaki
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.201700575
Subject(s) - en 14214 , transesterification , biodiesel , biodiesel production , methanol , chemistry , raw material , solvent , fatty acid methyl ester , organic chemistry , fatty acid , biofuel , natural rubber , triglyceride , catalysis , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , cholesterol , biology
Rubber seed oil (RSO) is a high‐potential feedstock for the production of biodiesel fuel (BDF) in Asia. Transesterification using fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) as co‐solvents was developed for BDF production from RSO with high content of free fatty acids (FFAs). The homogeneous system (FAMEs/triglyceride/methanol) was attained when the FAME content was more than 30 wt %. After esterification of RSO, the crude RSO obtained was transesterified with FAMEs as a co‐solvent. The quality of BDF with high FAME content satisfied the criteria of the EN 14214/JIS K2390 standards. These results suggest that FAMEs converted from FFAs can be applied as a co‐solvent and, thus, reused for BDF production.