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Production of Biofuel from Animal Fat Using Nano-catalyst via Single Step Transesterification Process

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Nanotechnology for Energy and Water (ICNEW 2017)

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The present investigation is carried out for the production of biofuel (biodiesel) from animal fat with an active and promising nano-catalyst (Cs/Al/Fe3O4) via transesterification process. The catalyst was prepared by chemical precipitation and impregnation method through which nano size was controlled. Characterization was done by using SEM, XRD, TGA and BET to identify morphology, chemical composition, thermal stability and surface area respectively. The conversion of animal fat to fatty acid methyl ester was influenced by reaction conditions such as molar ratio of methanol to oil, catalyst concentration, reaction time and temperature. The optimum results were obtained at 60 min reaction time at 60 °C for 3 wt% nano-catalyst and 12:1 methanol to oil molar ratio to achieve a maximum yield of 97 wt%. The processed biodiesel was characterized as per ASTM methods and compare with ASTM standards.

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  1. Department of Petrochemical Engineering, RVS College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, 641402, India

    Booramurthy Vijaya Kumar

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, 641013, India

    Kasimani Ramesh

  3. School of Petroleum Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, 382007, India

    Pandian Sivakumar

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  1. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India

    Gagan Anand

  2. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India

    Jitendra Kumar Pandey

  3. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India

    Sarvendra Rana

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Vijaya Kumar, B., Ramesh, K., Sivakumar, P. (2018). Production of Biofuel from Animal Fat Using Nano-catalyst via Single Step Transesterification Process. In: Anand, G., Pandey, J., Rana, S. (eds) Nanotechnology for Energy and Water . ICNEW 2017. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63085-4_15

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