Waste Cooking Oil Transesterification using Continuous Microwave Assisted Reactor (CMAR)

Waste Cooking Oil Transesterification using Continuous Microwave Assisted Reactor (CMAR)

This paper presents a waste cooking oil (WCO) transesterification using a continuous microwave assisted reactor(CMAR). The free fatty acid content and fatty acid methyl estercontents in the sample were determined using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The results showed an efficient c...

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Main Authors: Mohd Affandi, Mohd Ali, Jolius, Gimbun, Cheng, C. K., R. M., Yunus
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) 2015
Subjects:
TP Chemical technology
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7558/1/Waste_Cooking_Oil_Transesterification_using_Continuous_Microwave_Assisted_Reactor_%28CMAR%29.pdf
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Summary:This paper presents a waste cooking oil (WCO) transesterification using a continuous microwave assisted reactor(CMAR). The free fatty acid content and fatty acid methyl estercontents in the sample were determined using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The results showed an efficient conversion (up to 97.0%) of WCO to biodiesel, and the highest biodiesel yield is about 92.5%. The highest conversion of 97.4% was achieved with catalyst loading of 1.0 wt.%, methanol to oil molar ratio of 10:1, reaction temperature of 60°C and the flow rate of 308 ml/min corresponding to the reaction time of 6 minutes. The biodiesel produced in this work is within the limits of the specification described by ASTM D6751.

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