Paper Title
Bio Diesel Production From Canola Oil Using Trans-Esterification Process with Kohasacatalyst
Abstract
Biodieselisonesolutiontoovercometheuseofpetroleumfuels.Manyalternativefeedstocksthatcanbe used, among
which canola oil. The purpose of this study wasto determine the ability of canola oil and KOH for the trans-esterification
reaction in biodiesel production. Canola
oilhasaveryhighpuritythatcanbeusedasanalternativefeedstockforbiodieselproduction.andexpecteditwillbeproducedbiodieselwit
hexcellentquality.Inthiscaseofstudy,weusedtransesterificationprocesswhereinthetriglycerideisreactedwithanalcoholwithKOHasacatalystanditwillproducebiodieselandglyc
rola
sbyproductandwechoosetranssterificationprocessbecausecanolaoilhasa0,466%
FFAcontent.Thevariablesstudiedinthisresearchincludethecomparisonofcanola
oilandmethanol,temperature,time,andthepercentofcatalystused.InthisstudythemethodofanalysisweuseGCMSandFTIRtoknoww
hatthecharacteristicincanolaoil.Developmentofcanolaoilseemstobetheperfectsolutiontoproducehighqualitybiodiesel.Thereactio
nconditionsresultedin97.87%-wmethylester(biodiesel)productbyusing a0.5%wtKOHcatalystwith canolaandmethanolratio1:8
at 60oC.
Index Terms—Biodiesel, Canola Oil, Trans-Esterification, KOH