Biodiesel production from candlenut oil using a non-catalytic supercritical methanol transesterification process: optimization, kinetics, and thermodynamic studies
Marwan Abdulhakim Shaah, Md Sohrab Hossain, Faisal Allafi, Mohd Omar Ab Kadir, Mardiana Idayu Ahmad
Abstract
scMeOH complied with most of the biodiesel properties as per ASTM D6751 and EN14214, thereby referring to good quality biodiesel production. The findings of the present study reveal that the scMeOH is an effective non-catalytic transesterification process for biodiesel production from candlenut oil.
Topics & Concepts
TransesterificationSupercritical fluidMethanolBiodieselBiodiesel productionCatalysisResponse surface methodologyYield (engineering)Central composite designMaterials scienceBar (unit)ChemistryKineticsChemical engineeringOrganic chemistryChromatographyComposite materialEngineeringQuantum mechanicsPhysicsMeteorologyBiodiesel Production and ApplicationsPetroleum Processing and AnalysisLubricants and Their Additives