Heavea brasilienis (Rubber seed oil) as cost effective non edible feedstock for sustainable high quality biofuel production.

Veeranna R Kattimani ^{1, *}, Shaila. U. Durgadsimi ² and S. J. Sanjay ³

¹ Department of Chemistry, Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkote, India.

² Department of Physics, Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkote, India.

³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkote, India.

 

Research Article

World Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences, 2024, 13(01), 468–475.

Article DOI: 10.30574/wjaets.2024.13.1.0423

DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjaets.2024.13.1.0423

Publication history: 

Received on 05 August 2024; revised on 18 September 2024; accepted on 20 September 2024

 

Abstract: 

Biodiesel is renewable fuel acquired from biomass which has short chain alkyl esters derived from vegetable oil or animal fats. It has greater advantages over traditional diesel oil. In first level esterification, H₂SO₄ is used because the acid catalyst to decrease the FFA from 4. 5% to 0. 85 %. In 2^nd stage, transesterification chemical process was carried with methanol and NaOH, the elevated temperature 60⁰c and response time is 45 min to 75min. Only a few experiments have been carried out for evaluating the results of equation using a Scientific tool.

 

Keywords: 

Rubber seed oil; Free Fatty Acid (FFA); Transesterification; Central composite design; Statistical analysis.

 

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