Biodiesel production from Sesamum indicum L. seed oil: An optimization study

Transesterification of Sesamum indicum L. oil was carried with methanol in the presence of sodium methoxide and the parameters affecting the reaction; vegetable oil/methanol molar ratio, catalyst concentration, reaction temperature and time were fully optimized by employing Central Composite Design...

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Main Authors: F.A. Dawodu, O.O. Ayodele, T. Bolanle-Ojo
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Language:English
Published: Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute 2014-06-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062114000336
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description Transesterification of Sesamum indicum L. oil was carried with methanol in the presence of sodium methoxide and the parameters affecting the reaction; vegetable oil/methanol molar ratio, catalyst concentration, reaction temperature and time were fully optimized by employing Central Composite Design method (CCD). A quadratic polynomial was developed to predict the response as a function of independent variables and their interactions and only the significant factors affecting the yield were fitted to a second-order response surface reduced 2FI model. At the optimum condition of 1:6 oil/methanol molar ratio, catalyst concentration of 0.75% and reaction time of 30 min, biodiesel yield of 87.80% was achieved. The selected fuel properties were within the range set by ASTM and EN bodies.
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spelling doaj-art-9f39b0ce4e0445c2aff3d25e09fdf2772025-08-20T03:38:27ZengEgyptian Petroleum Research InstituteEgyptian Journal of Petroleum1110-06212014-06-0123219119910.1016/j.ejpe.2014.05.006Biodiesel production from Sesamum indicum L. seed oil: An optimization studyF.A. Dawodu0O.O. Ayodele1T. Bolanle-Ojo2Department of Chemistry, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, NigeriaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, NigeriaDepartment of Forest Products Development and Utilization, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Oyo State, NigeriaTransesterification of Sesamum indicum L. oil was carried with methanol in the presence of sodium methoxide and the parameters affecting the reaction; vegetable oil/methanol molar ratio, catalyst concentration, reaction temperature and time were fully optimized by employing Central Composite Design method (CCD). A quadratic polynomial was developed to predict the response as a function of independent variables and their interactions and only the significant factors affecting the yield were fitted to a second-order response surface reduced 2FI model. At the optimum condition of 1:6 oil/methanol molar ratio, catalyst concentration of 0.75% and reaction time of 30 min, biodiesel yield of 87.80% was achieved. The selected fuel properties were within the range set by ASTM and EN bodies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062114000336Sesamum indicumBiodieselTransesterificationOptimizationCCDFuel properties
spellingShingle F.A. Dawodu
O.O. Ayodele
T. Bolanle-Ojo
Biodiesel production from Sesamum indicum L. seed oil: An optimization study
Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
Sesamum indicum
Biodiesel
Transesterification
Optimization
CCD
Fuel properties
title Biodiesel production from Sesamum indicum L. seed oil: An optimization study
title_full Biodiesel production from Sesamum indicum L. seed oil: An optimization study
title_fullStr Biodiesel production from Sesamum indicum L. seed oil: An optimization study
title_full_unstemmed Biodiesel production from Sesamum indicum L. seed oil: An optimization study
title_short Biodiesel production from Sesamum indicum L. seed oil: An optimization study
title_sort biodiesel production from sesamum indicum l seed oil an optimization study
topic Sesamum indicum
Biodiesel
Transesterification
Optimization
CCD
Fuel properties
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062114000336
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