 Enhanced in situ ethanolysis of Jatropha curcas L. in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as a phase transfer catalystSintayehu Mekuria Hailegiorgis, Shuhaimi Mahadzir and Duvvuri Subbarao Renewable Energy, 2011, vol. 36, issue 9, 2502-2507 Abstract: Limited solubility of alcohols in vegetable oils hinders transesterification reaction process. Phase transfer catalysis can be of great advantage to enhance the reaction rates. Addition of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as a phase transfer catalyst on in situ transesterification of Jatropha curcas L. with alkaline ethanol was investigated. Use of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide increased the yield of fatty acid ethyl esters. Optimum operating conditions were experimentally established. Yield of fatty acid ethyl esters increased from 89.2 wt% to 99.5 wt% with reduced requirement of ethanol by 16.7 v%, sodium hydroxide catalyst by 33.3 wt%, at a lower temperature of 30 °C and reduced mixing speed in shorter reaction time. The quality of fatty acid ethyl esters fuel conforms to the standards of ASTM D6751 and EN-14214. Keywords: In situ transesterification; Jatropha curcas L.; Fatty acid ethyl esters; Phase transfer catalysis; Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:renene:v:36:y:2011:i:9:p:2502-2507 DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.03.001 Access Statistics for this article Renewable Energy is currently edited by Soteris A. Kalogirou and Paul Christodoulides More articles in Renewable Energy from Elsevier |
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