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Characterization and Testing of KF/CaO Heterogeneous Catalyst for Biodiesel Production

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Title Characterization and Testing of KF/CaO Heterogeneous Catalyst for Biodiesel Production
 
Creator Sahua, Gajanan
Sahoo, Narendra Kumar
Gupta, Pavan Kumar
Chauhan, Vishal
Saw, Shiva K
 
Subject Free Fatty acids
Jatropha curcas oil
Performance evaluation
Reusability
Transesterification
 
Description 573-580
The application of heterogeneous catalyst in the production of biodiesel cannot only decline the costs of the separation process but also reduce the cost of biodiesel. The present study has emphasized on the performance evaluation of KF/CaO catalyst for biodiesel synthesis from nonedible Jatropha curcas oil (JCO). The synthesized catalyst was characterized through various analytical methods such as powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), CO2-temparature program desorption (CO2-TPD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy, BET surface area (SA) and thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA). The novelty of this heterogeneous catalyst (KF/CaO) is its reuse without leaching of Ca2+. It was observed from experimental study that prepared catalyst reflects high efficiency towards catalytic transesterification activity. Furthermore, the catalyst has admirable stability, making it suitable for use as a solid base catalyst in the manufacture of biodiesel from Jatropha curcas oil with 5.5 percent free fatty acid (FFA). Reusability tests of the prepared catalyst validated that it could be reused up to four times without sacrificingample activity, thereby giving rise to a potentially relevant biodiesel production possibility.
 
Date 2022-11-01T05:36:19Z
2022-11-01T05:36:19Z
2022-10
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0971-4588 (Print); 0975-1017 (Online)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/60765
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijems.v29i5.50912
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJEMS Vol.29(5) [October 2022]