Open AccessOptimization of biodiesel production from Chlorella Vulgaris using CuO, NiO and MgO on zeolite 4A catalysts
Author(s) -
M. I. Ariffin,
Norli Abdullah,
Hasliza Bahruji,
Noor Azilah Mohd Kasim,
Norhana Abdul Halim,
Taufiq Yap Yun Hin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1349/1/012065
Subject(s) - catalysis , biodiesel production , zeolite , biodiesel , non blocking i/o , methanol , transesterification , physisorption , chlorella vulgaris , chemistry , metal , nuclear chemistry , materials science , chemical engineering , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , botany , engineering , algae , biology
The activities of metal oxide on zeolite as catalysts for production of fatty acid methyl ester from microalgae lipid oil were investigated by impregnation of MgO, CuO and NiO on zeolite 4A. The physical properties of the catalysts were characterized using TGA, XRD, Fe-SEM and Nitrogen Physisorption analysis. Evaluation on activity for biodiesel production from Chlorella vulgaris microalgae shows the trend of catalysts performance as CuO/Zeo>NiO/ZeO>MgO/Zeo. The amount of catalysts, the methanol to oil ratios and the length of reaction times affects the production of biodiesel with 69% of biodiesel produced using CuO/Zeolite catalysts at optimized conditions.