Conversion of Castor oil to Biodiesel by Using Heterogeneous Catalyst

The depletion of fossil fuels and increasing demand of conventional energy globally had been the main concern of the humankind nowadays. A continuous supply of energy is vital to support the human civilization. Biodiesel was one of the promising alternative of conventional fuel which is renewa...

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Main Author: Mohamad Ismail, Mohamad Salim
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Language:English
Published: 2016
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spelling my-unimas-ir.210052023-03-27T04:21:07Z Conversion of Castor oil to Biodiesel by Using Heterogeneous Catalyst 2016 Mohamad Ismail, Mohamad Salim T Technology (General) TP Chemical technology The depletion of fossil fuels and increasing demand of conventional energy globally had been the main concern of the humankind nowadays. A continuous supply of energy is vital to support the human civilization. Biodiesel was one of the promising alternative of conventional fuel which is renewable, environmental friendly and sustainable. Castor oil was seen to be a suitable feedstock for sustainable production of biodiesel as it is non- edible and had no competition with food industry. The use of heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production posses many advantages compared to homogeneous catalyst. Calcium oxide derived from mud clam shell had been determined to be an economical yet environmental friendly heterogeneous catalyst for sustainable biodiesel production. This study focuses on the heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production. It covers the characterization of the heterogeeous catalyst and the transesterification study of the heterogeneous catalyst by using castor oil as a feedstock. unimas 2016 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/21005/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/21005/3/Conversion%20of%20castor%20oil.pdf text en validuser masters UNIMAS
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Mohamad Ismail, Mohamad Salim
Conversion of Castor oil to Biodiesel by Using Heterogeneous Catalyst
description The depletion of fossil fuels and increasing demand of conventional energy globally had been the main concern of the humankind nowadays. A continuous supply of energy is vital to support the human civilization. Biodiesel was one of the promising alternative of conventional fuel which is renewable, environmental friendly and sustainable. Castor oil was seen to be a suitable feedstock for sustainable production of biodiesel as it is non- edible and had no competition with food industry. The use of heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production posses many advantages compared to homogeneous catalyst. Calcium oxide derived from mud clam shell had been determined to be an economical yet environmental friendly heterogeneous catalyst for sustainable biodiesel production. This study focuses on the heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production. It covers the characterization of the heterogeeous catalyst and the transesterification study of the heterogeneous catalyst by using castor oil as a feedstock.
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author Mohamad Ismail, Mohamad Salim
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title Conversion of Castor oil to Biodiesel by Using Heterogeneous Catalyst
title_short Conversion of Castor oil to Biodiesel by Using Heterogeneous Catalyst
title_full Conversion of Castor oil to Biodiesel by Using Heterogeneous Catalyst
title_fullStr Conversion of Castor oil to Biodiesel by Using Heterogeneous Catalyst
title_full_unstemmed Conversion of Castor oil to Biodiesel by Using Heterogeneous Catalyst
title_sort conversion of castor oil to biodiesel by using heterogeneous catalyst
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publishDate 2016
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/21005/3/Conversion%20of%20castor%20oil.pdf
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