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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 572, 2024
2024 The 7th International Conference on Renewable Energy and Environment Engineering (REEE 2024)
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| Article Number | 02002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Renewable Energy Technologies and Carbon Capture | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202457202002 | |
| Published online | 27 September 2024 | |
Transesterification of Castrol Oil for Biodiesel Production and Glycerol Electro-oxidation
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The British University in Egypt, Cairo 11837, Egypt
* Corresponding author: islam.ahmed@bue.edu.eg; islam0886@yahoo.com
In this study, transesterification of castor oil with methanol using KOH as catalyst was carried out aiming to produce biodiesel and glycerol. Different factors (oil: alcohol ratio, mixing time, and temperature) affecting the products’ yield were optimized and best sets were obtained. The best condition (90% biodiesel yield) required 5:1 oil: alcohol ratio, 2 h mixing, and 60oC. The physical proper-ties (density, viscosity, pour point, cloud point, water content, total sulphur, gross heating value, and total acid number) of the obtained biodiesel was measured and the Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy confirmed again the production of both biodiesel and glycerol. Furthermore, the obtained glycerol was further purified, characterized, and its further electro-oxidation was carried out as a fuel cell application.
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