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Sucrose-derived catalytic biodiesel synthesis from low cost palm fatty acid distillate


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Kok, Leong Theam and Islam, Aminul and Hwei, Voon Leea and Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin (2015) Sucrose-derived catalytic biodiesel synthesis from low cost palm fatty acid distillate. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 95. pp. 126-135. ISSN 0957-5820; ESSN: 1744-3598

Abstract

The current homogeneous acid catalyst for biodiesel product however, would lead to formation of many undesirable by-products that make the post treatment of the biodiesel to be difficult and costly. Thus, sucrose-derived solid acid catalyst was developed in the present study which aims to improve the esterification process and reduce the generation of waste. The physicochemical properties of the synthesized catalysts were studied by various techniques such as, BET surface area, X-ray diffraction (XRD), temperature programmed desorption of NH3 (TPD–NH3), scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Response surface methodology (RSM) with central composite design (CCD) is used to determine the optimum parameters for the catalytic reaction. The experimental results showed that the catalyst exhibited good catalytic activity in the transesterification of PFAD, providing maximum biodiesel yield of 94% at optimum parameters. The better catalytic activity of the aforementioned catalyst in the biodiesel reaction could be attributed to the presence of optimal number of catalytically active acid site density on its surface.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2015.02.017
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Catalytic; Biodiesel; Fatty acid
Depositing User: Ms. Nida Hidayati Ghazali
Date Deposited: 27 Mar 2018 04:25
Last Modified: 27 Mar 2018 04:25
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1016/j.psep.2015.02.017
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46424
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