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JOURNAL OF OLEO SCIENCE
Volume 58, Issue 10, Pages 499-502Publisher
JAPAN OIL CHEMISTS SOC
DOI: 10.5650/jos.58.499
Keywords
palm olein; transesterification; biodiesel; fatty acid methyl ester; crab shell
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- Universiti Sains Malaysia USM-RU-PRGS [1001/PKIMIA/841005]
- USM
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Aquaculture activity has increased the population of crab, hence increasing the generation of related wastes, particularly the shell. In addition, the number of molting process in crabs compounds further the amount of waste shell generated. As such, in the present work, the application of the waste crab shell as a source of CaO in transesterification of palm olein to biodiesel (methyl ester) was investigated. Preliminary XRD results revealed that thermally activated crab shell contains mainly CaO. Parametric study has been investigated and optimal conditions were found to be methanol/oil mass ratio, 0.5:1; catalyst amount, 4 wt. %; and reaction temperature, 338 K. As compared to laboratory CaO, the catalyst from waste crab shell performs well, thus creating another low-cost catalyst source for producing biodiesel as well as adding value to the waste crab shell. Reusability of crab shell CaO has also been studied and the outcome confirmed that the catalyst is capable to be reutilized up to 11 times, without any major deterioration.
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