BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FROM REFINED SUNFLOWER OIL AND WASTE OIL USING HOMOGENEOUS BASE CATALYSTS

Dolly Boban; Molly Biju; Harikumar K. S

Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2016

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FROM REFINED SUNFLOWER OIL AND WASTE OIL USING HOMOGENEOUS BASE CATALYSTS

Dolly Boban, Molly Biju, Harikumar K. S

Abstract :

 The prime objective of this paper is to investigate the parametric effects on the biodiesel production such as molar ratio of oil: alcohol, reaction temperature, time, and concentration of catalyst to determine the best conditions required. Biodiesel was prepared from fresh sunflower oil and waste cooking oil by transesterification reaction. The prepared sample complies with EN standard specifications. It was found that the best conditions were alcohol: oil molar ratio of 9:1, 1% KOH as catalyst, reaction temperature 65⁰C, one-hour reaction time for both raw materials. The samples met with most of the criteria required to be used as a fuel.