Open AccessPhysicochemical Analysis, Elicitation and Charaterisation of Bio-oil from Aloe barbadensis
Author(s) -
P. Jagadesan,
Surej Rajan,
Aditya Singh Chauhan,
Chandana S. Narayana,
S. Vijayalakshmi,
J. Ranjitha
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/923/1/012076
Subject(s) - saponification value , acid value , iodine value , biodiesel , peroxide value , chemistry , fatty acid , pulp and paper industry , food science , biofuel , diesel fuel , organic chemistry , catalysis , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , biology , engineering
Biodiesel from plants can compete economically with petroleum diesel fuels as a future prospective fuel. The bio-oil was extracted from the plant of Aloe barbadensis by soxhlet extractor using hexane as an organic solvent, and then further, the oil was analyzed for moisture content, pH, specific gravity, density, viscosity, saponification value, refractive index, peroxide value, acid number, free fatty acid, and iodine value. The results showed that four major fatty acids, like nonadecanoic acid, n-hexadecanoic acid, octadecadienoic acid and octadecenoic acid were present in the bio-oil of Aloe barbadensis and characterized by GC-MS, which showed that the bio-oil could be used for producing high quality of biodiesel. In furture studies, converted crude biooil into biodiesel using hetergenous catalyst will be anlaysed for their engine characteristic studies.