화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.30, No.6, 1229-1234, June, 2013
DOI10.1007/s11814-013-0045-4  Export Citation
Esterification of sludge palm oil using trifluoromethanesulfonic acid for preparation of biodiesel fuel
Adeeb Hayyan†, Mohd Ali Hashim, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed Mirghani1, Maan Hayyan, and Inas Muen AlNashef2
  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Centre for Ionic Liquids (UMCiL), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
  • 1Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 50728, Malaysia
  • 2Chemical Engineering Department, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
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Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TFMSA) was used to reduce the high free fatty acids (FFA) content in sludge palm oil (SPO). The FFA content of SPO was converted to fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) via esterification reaction. The treated sludge palm oil was used as a raw material for biodiesel production by transesterification process. Several working parameters were optimized, such as dosage of catalyst, molar ratio, reaction temperature and time. Less than 2% of the FFA content was the targeted value. The results showed that the FFA content of SPO was reduced from 16% to less than 2% using the optimum conditions. The yield of the final product after the alkaline transesterification was 84% with 0.07% FFA and the ester content was 96.7%. All other properties met the international standard specifications for biodiesel quality such as EN 14214 and ASTM D6751.
Keywords:Biodiesel;Esterification;Free Fatty Acids;Transesterification;Sludge Palm Oil;Trifluoromethanesulfonic Acid
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