Production of methyl ester from soybean oil by using impregnated mixed domestic-waste catalysts

• Published in: Materials Science Forum
• Main Author: Khazaai S.N.M.; Embong N.H.; Ma’arof N.A.N.; Ab Rahim M.H.; Maniam G.P.
• Format: Book chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications Ltd 2020
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85083400032&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fMSF.981.215&partnerID=40&md5=b2df8441699101cc584e6984a99b8cf5

Nowadays due to the depletion of non-renewable energy resources, production of green material from domestic wastes has played an important role. The waste of banana peel impregnated with calcium oxide (CaO) from eggshell had successfully been used as a low-cost catalyst to transesterify soybean oil to produce methyl ester. The catalytic actions from potassium and calcium oxide content in calcined banana peel (700 °C) and eggshell (900 °C) discover through FT-IR, XRD, and SEM. Production of methyl ester obtained at 82.29 wt. % with the optimal condition of 7 wt. % of catalyst amount, methanol/oil mass ratio, 9:1; and the reaction temperature, 65 °C within 2 h reaction time. © 2020 Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland.