POWER CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION: Proceedings of the 7th Global Conference on Power Control and Optimization
978-983-44483-63
Study on the Production of Biodiesel from Sunflower Oil
Aye Hnin Khine, Aye Aye Tun
PCO Conf-Proc 2008 (2013), - PDF
Abstract. Feasibility study on the production of biodiesel from sunflower oil by the alkali-catalysed transesterification method was done. The physicochemical properties of sunflower oil were firstly evaluated. Reaction parameters such as the reaction time, the amount of catalyst, the volume ratio of alcohol to oil, temperature and rate of mixing were found to significantly influence the yield and viscosity of biodiesel. The optimum conversions of sunflower methyl ester(SFME) from sunflower oil(SFO) were achieved by using NaOH catalyst 0.5 % w/v, methanol to oil volume ratio 0.25, reaction temperature 60 ºC , rate of mixing 600 rpm for a period of 3 hours. The fuel properties of SFME produced under the optimum condition were in agreement with all prescribed ASTM international biodiesel specification. GC-MS revealed that methyl linoleate, methyl oleate, methyl palmitate and methyl stearate were major components of SFME. The engine performance tests on prepared biodiesel revealed that it can be substituted in some part of petroleum diesel
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