Transesterification of Waste Cooking Oil Catalysed by Crystalline Copper Doped Zinc Oxide Nanocatalyst

Authors

  • Sandhya R Research Scholar, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 641004, India
  • Velavan R Associate Professor, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 641004, India
  • Velavan R Associate Professor, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 641004, India
  • Ravichandran J Professor, PSG College ofTechnology, Coimbatore 641004, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24297/jac.v12i27.5286

Keywords:

Biodiesel, Waste Cooking Oil, Copper doped Zinc Oxide, Transesterification.

Abstract

Biodiesel has its unique position in the field of renewable energy as alternate fuel to diesel due to fuel price, energy requirement and petroleum crisis. In this study, biodiesel was produced from Waste Cooking Oil (WCO) using Copper doped Zinc Oxide (CZO) nanocatalysts. The synthesized Copper doped Zinc Oxide nanocatalysts were characterized by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope (HRTEM). Design of experiment was framed using Taguchi method to limit the experiments and to find the optimum reaction conditions. The effect of process parameters such as oil-to-methanol ratio (O/M), catalyst type, catalyst concentration, temperature and time on the transesterification reactions using characterized Copper doped Zinc Oxide nanocatalyst were investigated. The 4% (weight /weight) nanocatalyst concentration, 1:5 Oil to methanol molar ratio at 60°C temperature and 40 minutes of reaction time were found to be optimum, in which the maximum biodiesel yield of 98 % (w/w) was obtained. Hence it was determined that nanocatalysts exhibited good catalytic activities on biodiesel production from Waste Cooking Oil (WCO).

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Author Biographies

Sandhya R, Research Scholar, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 641004, India

Departmentof Mechanical Engineering,

Velavan R, Associate Professor, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 641004, India

Departmentof Mechanical Engineering,

Velavan R, Associate Professor, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 641004, India

Departmentof Mechanical Engineering,

Ravichandran J, Professor, PSG College ofTechnology, Coimbatore 641004, India

Department of Chemistry,

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Published

2017-01-05

How to Cite

R, S., R, V., R, V., & J, R. (2017). Transesterification of Waste Cooking Oil Catalysed by Crystalline Copper Doped Zinc Oxide Nanocatalyst. JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN CHEMISTRY, 12(27), 5798–5808. https://doi.org/10.24297/jac.v12i27.5286

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