期刊
BIOFUELS-UK
卷 12, 期 5, 页码 495-502出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17597269.2018.1496384
关键词
Ceiba pentandra oil; esterification; response surface methodology; central composite design
资金
- SERB-DST, New Delhi, India [ECR/2015/000036]
- SERB-DST
Utilizing a sulfuric acid-based esterification process, this study optimized the conditions for underutilized Ceiba pentandra oil to reduce its acid value. The acid value of the underutilized oil was successfully decreased to 2.08 mg of KOH/g oil under the optimized process conditions.
In recent years, the utilization of non-edible feedstock particularly high free fatty acid (FFA) containing Ceiba pentandra oil (CPO) has acquired an immense attention among researchers for biodiesel production. In this work, sulfuric acid-based esterification process was conducted on underutilized CPO and the process was optimized by the application of response surface methodology (RSM) using central composite design (CCD). A total of 20 experimental runs with six centre points were conducted to reduce the acid value of CPO and the effect of three independent process variables such as reaction time (30-90 min), H2SO4 catalyst concentration (0.5-1.5 vol%), and methanol to CPO volumetric ratio (1:2-1:4 vol/vol) was investigated with constant reaction temperature (60 degrees C) and stirrer speed (450 rpm). A quadratic model was suggested and the interaction between the selected process variables on the response acid value was evaluated using the generated 2D-contour and 3D-response surface plots that leads to the prediction of optimized esterification condition for maximum acid value reduction. Under the optimized process conditions, the acid value of underutilized CPO was reduced from 14 mg of KOH/g oil to 2.08 mg of KOH/g oil. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was performed to analyze the functional group modifications in raw and esterified oil.
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