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International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering (IJMPE)-IJMPE
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Volume-5,Issue-7  ( Jul, 2017 )
Paper Title
Bio Diesel Production From Canola Oil Using Trans-Esterification Process with Kohasacatalyst
Author Name
Dinda Ayu Utami, M. Nafis Alfarizi, Arif Hidayat
Affilition
Universitas Islam Indonesia, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Universitas Islam Indonesia
Pages
73-76
Abstract
Biodieselisonesolutiontoovercometheuseofpetroleumfuels.Manyalternativefeedstocksthatcanbe used, among which canola oil. The purpose of this study wasto determine the ability of canola oil and KOH for the trans-esterification reaction in biodiesel production. Canola oilhasaveryhighpuritythatcanbeusedasanalternativefeedstockforbiodieselproduction.andexpecteditwillbeproducedbiodieselwit hexcellentquality.Inthiscaseofstudy,weusedtransesterificationprocesswhereinthetriglycerideisreactedwithanalcoholwithKOHasacatalystanditwillproducebiodieselandglyc rola sbyproductandwechoosetranssterificationprocessbecausecanolaoilhasa0,466% FFAcontent.Thevariablesstudiedinthisresearchincludethecomparisonofcanola oilandmethanol,temperature,time,andthepercentofcatalystused.InthisstudythemethodofanalysisweuseGCMSandFTIRtoknoww hatthecharacteristicincanolaoil.Developmentofcanolaoilseemstobetheperfectsolutiontoproducehighqualitybiodiesel.Thereactio nconditionsresultedin97.87%-wmethylester(biodiesel)productbyusing a0.5%wtKOHcatalystwith canolaandmethanolratio1:8 at 60oC. Index Terms—Biodiesel, Canola Oil, Trans-Esterification, KOH
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