Optimization of biodiesel production from refined cotton seed oil and its characterization
Biodiesel was produced through transesterification of refined cotton seed oil with methanol and potassium hydroxide (KOH) as a catalyst using batch mode. The physicochemical properties of cotton seed oil and biodiesel as an alternative fuel for diesel engine was characterized through ASTM standards...
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| author | Dominic Okechukwu Onukwuli Lovet Nwanneka Emembolu Callistus Nonso Ude Sandra Ogechukwu Aliozo Mathew Chukwudi Menkiti |
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| description | Biodiesel was produced through transesterification of refined cotton seed oil with methanol and potassium hydroxide (KOH) as a catalyst using batch mode. The physicochemical properties of cotton seed oil and biodiesel as an alternative fuel for diesel engine was characterized through ASTM standards for fuel tests. The functional groups of the biodiesel were investigated using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Influence of key parameters like reaction temperature, reaction time, catalyst concentration and methanol/oil molar ratio were determined using batch mode. These process parameters were optimized using response surface methodology (RSM) and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The significance of the different process parameters and their combined effects on the transesterification efficiency were established through a full factorial central composite design. The results obtained are in good agreement with published data for other vegetable oil biodiesel as well as various international standards for biodiesel fuel. An optimum yield of 96% was achieved with optimal conditions of methanol/oil molar ratio, 6:1; temperature, 55 °C; time, 60 min; and catalyst concentration, 0.6%. This investigation has shown that cotton seed oil from Nigeria can be used to produce biodiesel. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-69cd3f02984347f9ba394c0641d0b7ba2025-08-20T03:18:02ZengEgyptian Petroleum Research InstituteEgyptian Journal of Petroleum1110-06212017-03-0126110311010.1016/j.ejpe.2016.02.001Optimization of biodiesel production from refined cotton seed oil and its characterizationDominic Okechukwu Onukwuli0Lovet Nwanneka Emembolu1Callistus Nonso Ude2Sandra Ogechukwu Aliozo3Mathew Chukwudi Menkiti4NnamdiAzikiwe University, Department of Chemical Engineering, P.M.B. 5025 Awka, Anambra State, NigeriaNnamdiAzikiwe University, Department of Chemical Engineering, P.M.B. 5025 Awka, Anambra State, NigeriaProjects Development Institute, PRODA, Enugu P.M.B. 01609, Enugu State, NigeriaNnamdiAzikiwe University, Department of Chemical Engineering, P.M.B. 5025 Awka, Anambra State, NigeriaNnamdiAzikiwe University, Department of Chemical Engineering, P.M.B. 5025 Awka, Anambra State, NigeriaBiodiesel was produced through transesterification of refined cotton seed oil with methanol and potassium hydroxide (KOH) as a catalyst using batch mode. The physicochemical properties of cotton seed oil and biodiesel as an alternative fuel for diesel engine was characterized through ASTM standards for fuel tests. The functional groups of the biodiesel were investigated using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Influence of key parameters like reaction temperature, reaction time, catalyst concentration and methanol/oil molar ratio were determined using batch mode. These process parameters were optimized using response surface methodology (RSM) and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The significance of the different process parameters and their combined effects on the transesterification efficiency were established through a full factorial central composite design. The results obtained are in good agreement with published data for other vegetable oil biodiesel as well as various international standards for biodiesel fuel. An optimum yield of 96% was achieved with optimal conditions of methanol/oil molar ratio, 6:1; temperature, 55 °C; time, 60 min; and catalyst concentration, 0.6%. This investigation has shown that cotton seed oil from Nigeria can be used to produce biodiesel.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062115301240Cotton seed oilBiodieselCharacterizationResponse surface methodologyOptimization |
| spellingShingle | Dominic Okechukwu Onukwuli Lovet Nwanneka Emembolu Callistus Nonso Ude Sandra Ogechukwu Aliozo Mathew Chukwudi Menkiti Optimization of biodiesel production from refined cotton seed oil and its characterization Egyptian Journal of Petroleum Cotton seed oil Biodiesel Characterization Response surface methodology Optimization |
| title | Optimization of biodiesel production from refined cotton seed oil and its characterization |
| title_full | Optimization of biodiesel production from refined cotton seed oil and its characterization |
| title_fullStr | Optimization of biodiesel production from refined cotton seed oil and its characterization |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimization of biodiesel production from refined cotton seed oil and its characterization |
| title_short | Optimization of biodiesel production from refined cotton seed oil and its characterization |
| title_sort | optimization of biodiesel production from refined cotton seed oil and its characterization |
| topic | Cotton seed oil Biodiesel Characterization Response surface methodology Optimization |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062115301240 |
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