TY - JOUR
T1 - Valorization of waste Date pits biomass for biodiesel production in presence of green carbon catalyst
AU - Abu-Jrai, Ahmad M.
AU - Jamil, Farrukh
AU - Al-Muhtaseb, Ala'a H.
AU - Baawain, Mahad
AU - Al-Haj, Lamya
AU - Al-Hinai, Mohab
AU - Al-Abri, Mohammed
AU - Rafiq, Sikander
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - In this study, an efficient utilization of waste Date pits biomass for synthesizing green carbon catalyst as well as production of biodiesel were investigated. The green carbon catalyst was modified by KOH and characterized by XRD, SEM, EDX, TEM and BET. Taguchi method in Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was applied to study the effect of several process parameters such as reaction temperature, time, catalysts type and methanol to oil ratio, on the yield of the produced biodiesel. The optimized yield obtained was 91.6% when the process temperature was 65 °C, with catalyst type C3 (6 wt% KOH on carbon) within 1 h and with 9:1 methanol to oil ratio. The produced biodiesel was completely characterized in order to verify its quality, compared with the international standards. Fuel properties of the produced biodiesel were found to be a cetane number 60.31, density 881 kg/m3, viscosity 4.24 mm2/s, cloud point 3.9 °C, cold filter plugging point −0.62 °C, pour point −1.4 °C and flash point 141 °C, which lies within the limits specified by the international standards of ASTM and EN. Waste Date pits biomass can be a promising platform for the production of green carbon catalysts as well as biodiesel production.
AB - In this study, an efficient utilization of waste Date pits biomass for synthesizing green carbon catalyst as well as production of biodiesel were investigated. The green carbon catalyst was modified by KOH and characterized by XRD, SEM, EDX, TEM and BET. Taguchi method in Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was applied to study the effect of several process parameters such as reaction temperature, time, catalysts type and methanol to oil ratio, on the yield of the produced biodiesel. The optimized yield obtained was 91.6% when the process temperature was 65 °C, with catalyst type C3 (6 wt% KOH on carbon) within 1 h and with 9:1 methanol to oil ratio. The produced biodiesel was completely characterized in order to verify its quality, compared with the international standards. Fuel properties of the produced biodiesel were found to be a cetane number 60.31, density 881 kg/m3, viscosity 4.24 mm2/s, cloud point 3.9 °C, cold filter plugging point −0.62 °C, pour point −1.4 °C and flash point 141 °C, which lies within the limits specified by the international standards of ASTM and EN. Waste Date pits biomass can be a promising platform for the production of green carbon catalysts as well as biodiesel production.
KW - Biodiesel
KW - Green catalyst
KW - Optimization
KW - Transesterification
KW - Waste Date pits
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U2 - 10.1016/j.enconman.2016.12.083
DO - 10.1016/j.enconman.2016.12.083
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85008324670
SN - 0196-8904
VL - 135
SP - 236
EP - 243
JO - Energy Conversion and Management
JF - Energy Conversion and Management
ER -