Biodiesel production from mixed soybean oil and rapeseed oil |
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Authors: | Fengxian Qiu Yihuai Li Dongya Yang Xiaohua Li Ping Sun |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, 212013 Zhenjiang, PR China;2. Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Power Machinery and Application of Clean Energy, 212013 Zhenjiang, PR China |
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Abstract: | The biodiesel (fatty acid methyl esters, FAME) was prepared by transesterification of the mixed oil (soybean oil and rapeseed oil) with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) as catalyst. The effects of mole ratio of methanol to oil, reaction temperature, catalyst amount and reaction time on the yield were studied. In order to decrease the operational temperature, a co-solvent (hexane) was added into the reactants and the conversion efficiency of the reaction was improved. The optimal reaction conditions were obtained by this experiment: methanol/oil mole ratio 5.0:1, reaction temperature 55 °C, catalyst amount 0.8 wt.% and reaction time 2.0 h. Under the optimum conditions, a 94% yield of methyl esters was reached ∼94%. The structure of the biodiesel was characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy. The sulfur content of biodiesel was determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma emission spectrometer (ICP), and the satisfied result was obtained. The properties of obtained biodiesel from mixed oil are close to commercial diesel fuel and is rated as a realistic fuel as an alternative to diesel. Production of biodiesel has positive impact on the utilization of agricultural and forestry products. |
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Keywords: | Biodiesel Transesterification Soybean oil Rapeseed oil Co-solvent |
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