Production of biodiesel from palm oil mill sludge (POMS) using heterogeneous catalyst

Biodiesel has gained an attention to substitute petroleum diesel due to its biodegradable, non-toxic and non-flammable properties. Commonly reported biodiesel was derived from edible sources such as soybean, rapeseed and peanut oil, which are also consumed in human daily dietary. This phenomenon has...

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Main Author:	Shahrom, Farra Diana
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	Q Science (General) S Agriculture (General)
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10934/1/Farra%20Diana.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.109342023-08-01T07:36:52Z Production of biodiesel from palm oil mill sludge (POMS) using heterogeneous catalyst 2015 Shahrom, Farra Diana Q Science (General) S Agriculture (General) Biodiesel has gained an attention to substitute petroleum diesel due to its biodegradable, non-toxic and non-flammable properties. Commonly reported biodiesel was derived from edible sources such as soybean, rapeseed and peanut oil, which are also consumed in human daily dietary. This phenomenon has created competition for food and feedstock. With this regard, in the present work, biomass from agricultural waste was explored for biodiesel production. Palm oil mill sludge (POMS) was utilised as feedstock as it is abundantly accessible and underutilized resource. To date, limited studies were reported on the production of biodiesel from POMS via heterogeneous catalyst. Emulsified and lower yield of biodiesel were produced upon utilisation of typical homogeneous catalyst. Eco-friendly, biodegradable and easily-handled heterogeneous catalyst from cockle’s shell was invented and employed in transesterification of POMS. More than 60 wt% biodiesel was produced upon utilization of the prepared catalyst. Further improvement of the heterogeneous catalyst from cockle’s shell was developed using novel silica extracted from plant as catalyst support. Tall grass was chosen as it contained silica, which is suitable to be impregnated to form solid base catalyst (SBC) and solid acid catalyst (SAC). The utilisation of SBC in direct transesterification of POMS afforded semi-solid biodiesel. 2015 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10934/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10934/1/Farra%20Diana.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) Faculty of Resources Science and Technology
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spellingShingle	Q Science (General) S Agriculture (General) Shahrom, Farra Diana Production of biodiesel from palm oil mill sludge (POMS) using heterogeneous catalyst
description	Biodiesel has gained an attention to substitute petroleum diesel due to its biodegradable, non-toxic and non-flammable properties. Commonly reported biodiesel was derived from edible sources such as soybean, rapeseed and peanut oil, which are also consumed in human daily dietary. This phenomenon has created competition for food and feedstock. With this regard, in the present work, biomass from agricultural waste was explored for biodiesel production. Palm oil mill sludge (POMS) was utilised as feedstock as it is abundantly accessible and underutilized resource. To date, limited studies were reported on the production of biodiesel from POMS via heterogeneous catalyst. Emulsified and lower yield of biodiesel were produced upon utilisation of typical homogeneous catalyst. Eco-friendly, biodegradable and easily-handled heterogeneous catalyst from cockle’s shell was invented and employed in transesterification of POMS. More than 60 wt% biodiesel was produced upon utilization of the prepared catalyst. Further improvement of the heterogeneous catalyst from cockle’s shell was developed using novel silica extracted from plant as catalyst support. Tall grass was chosen as it contained silica, which is suitable to be impregnated to form solid base catalyst (SBC) and solid acid catalyst (SAC). The utilisation of SBC in direct transesterification of POMS afforded semi-solid biodiesel.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Shahrom, Farra Diana
author_facet	Shahrom, Farra Diana
author_sort	Shahrom, Farra Diana
title	Production of biodiesel from palm oil mill sludge (POMS) using heterogeneous catalyst
title_short	Production of biodiesel from palm oil mill sludge (POMS) using heterogeneous catalyst
title_full	Production of biodiesel from palm oil mill sludge (POMS) using heterogeneous catalyst
title_fullStr	Production of biodiesel from palm oil mill sludge (POMS) using heterogeneous catalyst
title_full_unstemmed	Production of biodiesel from palm oil mill sludge (POMS) using heterogeneous catalyst
title_sort	production of biodiesel from palm oil mill sludge (poms) using heterogeneous catalyst
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
granting_department	Faculty of Resources Science and Technology
publishDate	2015
url	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10934/1/Farra%20Diana.pdf
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Production of biodiesel from palm oil mill sludge (POMS) using heterogeneous catalyst

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