Techno-economic assessment of biodiesel production from canola oil through ultrasonic cavitation

Aim of present study was to evaluate quality of three collected sets of canola oil containing crude oil, neutralized oil, bleached oil, deodorized oil and canola oil deodorizer distillate (DD) form three different edible oil processing industries. Physiochemical properties such as moisture, color, free fatty acid (FFA), acid value (AV), peroxide value (PV), p-Anisidine value (AV), total oxidative (totox) value, saponification value (SV), iodine value (IV), unsaponifiable matter and soap content were evaluated. The results of the present study indicated that each stage of processing has different impact on the determined quality parameters. Overall processing was well controlled and final product i.e. refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD) canola oil was found to be fit for human consumption. Only soap contents should be further controlled during neutralization process to avoid extra processing time and losses in the bleaching process. High FFA contents in DD samples indicated that it could be used as a potential and cheap source for biodiesel production.

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Study on membrane reactors for biodiesel production by phase behaviors of canola oil methanolysis in batch reactors

Bioresource Technology ◽

10.1016/j.biortech.2010.03.095 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 101 (17) ◽

pp. 6663-6668 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Li-Hua Cheng ◽

Shih-Yang Yen ◽

Li-Sheng Su ◽

Junghui Chen

Keyword(s):

Canola Oil ◽

Membrane Reactors ◽

Biodiesel Production ◽

Batch Reactors ◽

Phase Behaviors

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Effect of barium loading on CaO derived from waste egg shell heterogeneous catalyst for canola oil biodiesel

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/201819203006 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 192 ◽

pp. 03006

Author(s):

Jakkrapong Jitjamnong

Keyword(s):

Microwave Irradiation ◽

Heterogeneous Catalyst ◽

Canola Oil ◽

Catalytic Performance ◽

Biodiesel Production ◽

Catalyst Loading ◽

Impregnation Method ◽

Egg Shells ◽

Infrared Spectrometer ◽

Egg Shell

The purpose of this research was to investigate the catalytic activity of Ba loading on calcium oxide (CaO) catalyst by varying the amount of barium added during the synthesis: 5-15 wt%. The waste egg shells were utilized as a CaO heterogeneous catalyst by calcined at 900 °C for 2 h. The Ba/CaO catalysts were prepared by impregnation method and were used as a catalyst in transesterification reaction of canola oil via microwave irradiation under microwave power 300 W. The characterization of catalyst and FAME composition of biodiesel were determined by X-ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR), and gas chromatography (GC-FID). The conditions of biodiesel production were operated at 60 °C, 3 wt% of catalyst loading, 9:1 methanol-to-canola oil ratio, and microwave irradiation power was 300W for 2 min. The experimental results found that, the waste egg shells consist mainly of CaCO3, which was decomposed to CaO more than 88 wt% after cacination step. The 15 wt% Ba/CaO catalysts exhibited the best catalytic performance with the FAME conversion higher than 97.68%.

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