Open AccessWaste Peel of Durian as Solid Cataysts for Biodiesel Production
Author(s) -
Fitriani Fitriani,
Husni Husin,
M Marwan,
Fahrizal Nasution,
Zareen Zuhra,
T M Asnawi,
Hasan Hisbullah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/845/1/012033
Subject(s) - catalysis , transesterification , biodiesel , biodiesel production , calcination , potassium hydroxide , materials science , yield (engineering) , nuclear chemistry , potassium , chemistry , organic chemistry , metallurgy
In this study, peel durian ash was used as a solid catalyst to convert rubber seed oil into biodiesel production via transesterification reaction. The catalyst was fabricated by simple burning and calcined at 600°C for 8 h. The morphology of particles was confirmed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The Energy-dispersive X-ray Analysis (EDX) was used to obtain the atomic composition and percentage of the catalyst. The reaction was carried out at 65°C for 1 h. Whereas, the catalyst loading were varied of 1.0%, 2.5%, 5.0%, 10% and 15% wt.%. From EDX data was confirmed that the ash catalyst composes of the potassium oxide (K 2 O) as the dominant compound. The performance of the catalyst was evaluated from a transesterification reaction for biodiesel production. The highest biodiesel yield of 96.5% was obtained in the reaction using a catalyst of 10 wt.%. The density obtained was 0.865 gr/cm 3 confirming the produced biodiesel complies with the SNI standard.