Comparison of Biodiesel Properties Produced from Moringa Oleifera Seeds Oil and Palm Oil

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  • N.A. Eman Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26300 Kuantan, Pahang, MALAYSIA
  • A.A. Ahmad Adzhim

Abstract


Biodiesel possess a great potential to help in reducing the dependence on non-renewable fuel which will run out in a near future. Moreover, problems regarding environmental pollution caused from the combustion of fossil fuel and volatile price of this valuable energy had escalated the research and development in production of biodiesel from various feedstocks. This research was conducted to study the effect of different solvent on the yield percentage of extracted oil. Also to produce biodiesel from Moringa oleifera seeds oil and palm oil. Also, to compare the properties of biodiesel produced from these two resources. The Moringa oleifera seeds were crushed and the oil was extracted by solvent extraction process using three different solvent (n-hexane, methanol, and ethanol). The extracted Moringa oleifera seeds oil and palm oil were converted into biodiesel through transesterification process in a presence of methanol and potassium hydroxide as catalyst. As a conclusion, n-Hexane was the best solvent which gives the highest oil yield with an average percentage of 34.3%. The biodiesel properties (such as: cetane number of 66.7, 59.5, kinematic viscosity of 4.8 mm2/s, 5.04  mm2/s, cloud point of 18oC, 16oC, pour point 12oC, 7oC, flash point 162oC, 155oC, and density 875 kg/m3, 890 kg/m3)produced from Moringa oleifera seeds oil and palm oil, respectively. Moringa oleifera seeds oil had the potential to become a better feedstock to produce biodiesel (MOME) as it possess a better properties compared to biodiesel produced from palm oil (POME).

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Eman, N., & Ahmad Adzhim, A. (2015). Comparison of Biodiesel Properties Produced from Moringa Oleifera Seeds Oil and Palm Oil. Journal of Engineering and Technology (JET), 6(1), 36–44. Retrieved from https://jet.utem.edu.my/jet/article/view/285

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2015): JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

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