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Investigation on biodiesel production from cotton seed oil using microwave irradiated transesterfication process
Author(s) -
Thirugnanasambandham K.,
Sivakumar V.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
environmental progress and sustainable energy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.495
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1944-7450
pISSN - 1944-7442
DOI - 10.1002/ep.12094
Subject(s) - biodiesel , response surface methodology , biodiesel production , pulp and paper industry , biofuel , box–behnken design , environmental science , mixing (physics) , process engineering , materials science , waste management , mathematics , chemistry , engineering , organic chemistry , statistics , physics , quantum mechanics , catalysis
In this study, cotton seed oil was investigated under different operating conditions such as ethanol: oil molar ratio, temperature, mixing rate, time, and microwave power to produce the biodiesel. Five factors with three levels Box‐Behnken response surface design (BBD) was used to optimize and investigate the effect of process variables on the biodiesel production. three‐dimensional response surface plots were used to study the interactive effects of the process variables. Numerical optimization technique was used to to findout the optimum conditions for the maximizing the biodiesel production and it was found to be 99.5%. The fuel properties of produced biodiesel were compared with ASTM D6751 for biodiesel standards. © 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 34: 1229–1235, 2015