title: Utilization of palm empty fruit bunch for the production of biodiesel from Jatropha curcas oil.
abstract: Transesterification reaction of Jatropha curcas oil with methanol was carried out in the presence of ash generated from Palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) in a heterogeneous catalyzed process. The ash was doped with KOH by impregnation to achieve a potassium level of 20 wt.%. Under optimum conditions for the EFB-catalyzed (65 °C, oil/methanol ratio of 15, 90 min, 20 wt.% EFB ash catalyst) and the KOH-EFB-catalyzed reactions (65 °C, oil/methanol ratio of 15, 45 min, 15 wt.% of KOH doped EFB ash), biodiesel (>98%) with specifications higher than those stipulated by European biodiesel quality standard EN 14214 was obtained.
authors: Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors: Zahira
authors: Z
authors: Yaakob
authors: Irwan Sukma Bin
authors: IS
authors: Sukarman
authors: Binitha
authors: B
authors: Narayanan
authors: Siti Rozaimah Sheikh
authors: SR
authors: Abdullah
authors: Manal
authors: M
authors: Ismail
mesh_terms: D028023:Arecaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D056804:Biofuels; D004951:Esterification; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry*; D031286:Jatropha / Q000737:chemistry*; D000432:Methanol / Q000737:chemistry*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D010938:Plant Oils; D000432:Methanol