title: Time reducing process for biofuel production from non edible oil assisted by ultrasonication.
abstract: Limited resources of conventional fuels such as petrodiesel have led to the search for alternative fuels. Various convention batch/continuous processes for the biodiesel production have been developed before the recent year. All processes are time consuming with high labor cost. Thus, we need a new process for biodiesel production which reduces the reaction time and production cost as well as save the energy. In this work, ultrasonic assisted transesterification of Jatrophacurcas oil is carried out in the presence of methanol and potassium hydroxide (KOH) as catalyst, keeping the molar ratio of oil to alcohol 1:5, catalyst concentration 0.75 wt% of oil, ultrasonic amplitude 50% and pulse 0.3 cycle, 7 min reaction time under atmospheric condition. Ultrasonic mixing has increased the rate of transesterification reaction as compare to the mechanical mixing.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Science Laboratory, Department of Applied Science, Bhagwant Institute of Technology, Muzaffarnagar 251315, Uttar Pradesh, India. Electronic address: gaj.chem@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gajendra
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Sahu Jain College, Najibabad 246763, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Dharmendra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Vardhman College, College Bijnor 246701, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Rajeev
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Johari
keywords: Biodiesel; Jatropha curcas oil; Methanolysis; Reversed-phase HPLC; Ultrasonication