Pangium Edule oil: a promising non-edible oil source of biodiesel production
Biodiesel, the name popularly given to fatty acid alkyl esters, has become an attractive option for the replacement of diesel fuel. However, legitimate concerns have been raised about the possible effect of using edible vegetable oils for fuel on food prices. Therefore, nowadays production of biodiesel from non-edible feedstocks is attracting more attention than in the past. Pangium Edule (PE) vegetable oil is one example of these non-edible feedstocks. Pangium Edule is a tall tree native to the mangrove swamps of Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea). It produces a large poisonous fruit. In this study, biodiesel production from Pangium Edule oil focused on small-scale lab was reported for the first time. Pangium Edule oil was obtained from Bandar Aceh, Indonesia. Pangium Edule oil was found with a free fatty acid content of 3.108％ which is above the 2％ recommended for the application of the one step alkaline transesterification method. Therefore, a two-step acid-base catalyzed transesterification has been used to produce biodiesel. The determined properties of Pangium Edule methyl ester fell within the recommended biodiesel standards. This indicates that this oil can be considered as a future biodiesel source.
Biodiesel Non-edible oils Pangium Edule Esterification Transesterification Free fatty acids Physico-chemical properties
A.E. Atabani A.S. Silitonga H.C. Ong T.M.I. Mahlia H.H. Masjuki Irfan Anjum Badruddin
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
国际会议
大连
英文
89
2012-05-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）