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Transesterification of Jatropha curcas Oil by using K Impregnated CaO Heterogeneous Catalyst

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Title	Transesterification of Jatropha curcas Oil by using K Impregnated CaO Heterogeneous Catalyst

Creator	Sahu, Gajanan Saha, Sujan Datta, Sudipta Chavan, Prakash D

Subject	Coal Gesification

Description	Growing environmental concern and fast depletion of conventional fossil fuel resources have induced an urgent search for alternative energy sources. In this regard, biodiesel obtained from Jatropha oil (a non-food oil), seems to be a very promising alternative. Though a lot of research is already done in catalytic transesterification, in the present work, conversion of high FFA (5.5%) bearing Jatropha oil to methyl ester was studied using synthesized KF/CaO solid catalyst. The novelty of this heterogeneous catalyst is the omission of two major steps — neutralization step in which acid is used followed by transesterification using the basic homogeneous catalyst. The catalyst KF/CaO is easily prepared from cheap chemicals and is safe for the environment. The catalyst was characterized by mean of TPD of CO2, X-ray diffraction, BET surface area (SA) analyzer. Catalytic transesterification of this oil was studied with different reaction parameters to achieve a 97% conversion. Optimization of conditions (molar ratio of methanol/oil, time, temperature and catalyst dosage) was also established. The present work makes the process not only safer to the environment but also shows the gateway for greener alternatives to the energy of high FFA oils.

Publisher	NISCAIR

Date	2020-12

Type	Article PeerReviewed

Identifier	Sahu, Gajanan and Saha, Sujan and Datta, Sudipta and Chavan, Prakash D (2020) Transesterification of Jatropha curcas Oil by using K Impregnated CaO Heterogeneous Catalyst. Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research , 79. pp. 1080-1086. ISSN 0022-4456

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