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Production of Biodiesel from Soybean Oil in Less Time and at Low Temperature

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2022.23795
Rajan Choudhary
Rudolfs Cimdins Riga Biomaterials Innovations and Development Centre of RTU, Institute of General Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, Pulka Street 3, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia ; Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence, Headquarters at Riga Technical University, Kipsala Street 6A, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia; Center for Biomedical Engineering, National University of Science and Technology “MISiS”, Moscow, 119049, Leninskiy Prospect 4, Russia
Anuj Kumar
Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India
Vijay Nag Ellapani
Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India
Baruah Trinayan
Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India
Muruganandam Loganathan
Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India
Lakshmi Ravy
Department of Chemistry, Auxilium College, Vellore-632006, India
Vijayakumar Vijayaparthasarathi
Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore-632014, India
Amit Mahindrakar Baburao
Department of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore632014, India
Subramaniam Shanthakumar
Department of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore632014, India
Deepalekshmi Ponnamma
Department of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore632014, India
Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni
Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, P O Box 2713, Doha, Qatar
Sasikumar Swamiappan
Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore-632014, India

Corresponding Author(s) : Sasikumar Swamiappan

ssasikumar@vit.ac.in

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 34 No. 8 (2022): Vol 34 Issue 8, 2022

Abstract

The heterogeneous catalyst plays an important role in the production of biodiesel at industrial level. In present work, the utilization of wollastonite as a heterogeneous catalyst is attempted to explore its non-biomedical application. Wollastonite was synthesized by using the auto combustion method and L-alanine was used as a fuel for combustion. The X-ray diffraction pattern reveals the phase purity of wollastonite. The Fourier transform infrared spectra of the calcined precursor show the presence of characteristics functional groups in wollastonite. To evaluate the catalytic ability of the prepared wollastonite, transesterification reaction of soybean oil with methanol was performed. Following the reaction, the biodiesel, glycerol and the catalyst were separated by centrifugation. Optimization of the percentage of catalyst used in biodiesel production was done by using various quantities of catalyst during the transesterification reaction and subjecting the produced biodiesel to gas chromatography. It can be concluded that combined alkali metal oxide and silica in wollastonite has assisted in production of biodiesel (82.6%) in a less time and at a low temperature.

Keywords

Wollastonite Heterogeneous catalyst Biodiesel Vegetable oil Transesterification
Choudhary, R., Kumar, A., Nag Ellapani, V., Trinayan, B., Loganathan, M., Ravy, L., … Swamiappan, S. (2022). Production of Biodiesel from Soybean Oil in Less Time and at Low Temperature. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 34(8), 2173–2177. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2022.23795
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