Open AccessPRODUCTION AND OPTIMIZATION OF BIODIESEL FROM PALM FATTY ACID DISTILLATE AND OLEIC ACID USING RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY APPROACH.
Author(s) -
G. A Maspalma,
Jindal Manu,
Mirzadeh Hamid
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bulletin of the chemical society of nigeria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0795-2066
DOI - 10.46602/jcsn.v46i1.582
Subject(s) - oleic acid , biodiesel , response surface methodology , biodiesel production , methanol , raw material , chemistry , catalysis , yield (engineering) , fatty acid , distillation , organic chemistry , reactive distillation , pulp and paper industry , chromatography , materials science , biochemistry , composite material , engineering
In this study, a mixed feed of Palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD)/ oleic acid was used to produced biodiesel catalyzed by sulfonated carbon. The effect of three process variables i.e. methanol - to –PFAD/oleic acid molar ratio, catalyst loading and reaction time on the yield of biodiesel produced was studied using response surface methodology (RSM) based on Box-Behnken design (BBD). Optimum reaction conditions were obtained at 1:7 methanol- to-PFAD/oleic acid molar ratio, 15 wt.% catalyst loading and 5h reaction time. The predicted biodiesel yield was 96% under the optimal conditions. From the results obtained, it can be deduced that PFAD/ oleic acid has a high potential as an inedible feedstock to produce low cost biodiesel, and the method may be useful for industrial process optimization.