Journal
APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 170, Issue 6, Pages 1426-1436Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-013-0279-y
Keywords
Waste star fish; Biodiesel; CaO; FAME
Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technology [2012R1A1B3003394]
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Calcined waste starfish was used as a base catalyst for the production of biodiesel from soybean oil for the first time. A batch reactor was used for the transesterification reaction. The thermal characteristics and crystal structures of the waste starfish were investigated by thermo-gravimetric analysis and X-ray diffraction. The biodiesel yield was determined by measuring the content of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME). The calcination temperature appeared to be a very important parameter affecting the catalytic activity. The starfish-derived catalyst calcined at 750 A degrees C or higher exhibited high activity for the transesterification reaction. The FAME content increased with increasing catalyst dose and methanol-over-oil ratio.
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