Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications
Open Access
ISSN: 2090-4541
ISSN: 2090-4541
Tan Kok Tat
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Fundam Renewable Energy App
In the present study, supercritical reaction technology has been succesfully applied to synthesize Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) from methanol and Cerbera Odollam, a non-edible oil. Cerbera odollam or also known as sea mango is chosen as potential feedstock due to its high oil content of 56%. The initial part of the research was to optimize the extraction of sea mango oil from the seeds. It was found that optimum extraction conditions were obtained by using 15 g of sea mango seed, extraction time of 24 hours at room temperature. Subsequently, by using the oil, optimization study was carried out by employing supercritical methanol reaction via statistical analysis of design of experiment. Three independent variables were investigated which are reactiont temperature (320 to 400�?°C), reaction time (10 to 50 min) and molar ratio of oil to solvent ( 1:20 to 1:60). The optimum conditions were found to be 380�?°C, 45 mol/mol of methanol to oil ratio and reaction time of 40 minutes to achieve 80% FAME yield. Finally, qualitative analysis of the FAME produced were conducted.
Email: tankt@utar.edu.my