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ENERGY
卷 36, 期 4, 页码 2129-2137出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.09.050
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Transesterification; Biodiesel; Coconut oil biodiesel; Palm oil biodiesel; Rubber seed oil biodiesel
In the present study, rubber seed oil, coconut oil and palm kernel oil, which are locally available especially in Kerala (India), are chosen and their transesterification processes have been investigated. The various process variables like temperature, catalyst concentration, amount of methanol and reaction time were optimized. Biodiesel from rubber seed oil (with high free fatty acid) was produced by employing two-step pretreatment process (acid esterification) to reduce acid value from 48 to 1.72 mg KOH/g with 0.40 and 0.35 v/v methanol-oil ratio and 1.0% v/v H2SO4 as catalyst at a temperature of 63(+/- 2)degrees C with 1 h reaction time followed by transesterification using methanol-oil ratio of 0.30 v/v, 0.5 w/v KOH as alkaline catalyst at 55(+/- 2)degrees C with 40 min reaction time to yield 98-99% biodiesel. Coconut oil and palm oil, being edible oils, transesterification with 025 v/v methanol-oil ratio, 0.50% w/v KOH as at 58(+/- 2)degrees C, 20 min reaction time for coconut oil and 0.25% v/v methanol-oil ratio, 0.50% w/v KOH as alkaline catalyst at 60(+/- 2)degrees C for palm kernel oil will convert them to 98-99% biodiesel. The brake thermal efficiency of palm oil biodiesel was higher with lower brake specific fuel consumption, but rubber seed oil biodiesel (ROB) showed less emission (CO and NOx) compared to other biodiesels. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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