Low-Cost feedstock conversion to biodiesel via ultrasound technology

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dc.contributor.authorBabajide, Omotola
dc.contributor.authorLeslie, Petrik
dc.contributor.authorAmigun, Bamikole
dc.contributor.authorAmeer, Farouk
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-23T14:05:44Z
dc.date.available2013-04-23T14:05:44Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractBiodiesel has attracted increasing interest and has proved to be a good substitute for fossil-based fuels due to its environmental advantages and availability from renewable resources such as refined and waste vegetable oils. Several studies have shown that biodiesel is a better fuel than the fossil-derived diesel in terms of engine performance, emissions reduction, lubricity and environmental benefits. The increasing popularity of biodiesel has generated great demand for its commercial production methods, which in turn calls for the development of technically and economically sound process technologies. This paper explores the applicability of ultrasound in the optimization of low-cost feedstock – in this case waste cooking oil – in the transesterification conversion to biodiesel. It was found that the conversion efficiency of the waste oil using ultrasound was higher than with the mechanical stirring method. The optimized variables of 6:1 methanol/oil ratio at a reaction temperature of 30 °C and a reaction time of 30 min and 0.75% KOH (wt/wt) catalyst concentration was obtained for the transesterification of the waste oil via the use of ultrasound.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationBabajide, O., et al. (2010). Low-cost feedstock conversion to biodiesel via ultrasound technology. Energies, 3(10): 1691-1703en_US
dc.identifier.issn1996-1073
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/573
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rights© 2009 Babajide, et al; licensee MDPI. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en3101691
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectBiodieselen_US
dc.subjectConversion efficiencyen_US
dc.subjectTransesterificationen_US
dc.subjectGlycerolen_US
dc.subjectUltrasounden_US
dc.titleLow-Cost feedstock conversion to biodiesel via ultrasound technologyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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