NOVEL DEVELOPMENTS OF WHITE CLAY FILLER CATALYSIS FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION

Authors

  • มณีรัตน์ - น้ำจันทร์ สาขาเคมี คณะวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏนครสวรรค์ http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8965-5182
  • มนธิญา ยิ้มชื่น Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University, Nakhon Sawan, 60000
  • ชวิศา ทองคำ Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University, Nakhon Sawan, 60000
  • ผกามาศ โตชม Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University, Nakhon Sawan, 60000
  • ธนิตา บุญมี Science Lab Centre, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, 65000
  • วิชญสิทธิ์ อินทกุศล Drug Discovery and Development Center, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, 12120

Keywords:

biodiesel, calcium oxide catalyst, White clay

Abstract

This study was conducted to examine the performance of white clay as catalyst filler for biodiesel production. White clay catalyst prepared with a calcination temperature of 900 °C for 5.5 hr exhibited 12.57 wt% calcium oxide converted from calcium carbonate and providing strong base of 2.30 mmol/g. Furthermore, calcium oxide was confirmed through characteristic of XRD patterns at 32.32o, 37.47o, 53.00o, 62.72o, 64.92o with a high porosity. 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) showed that palm oil could be readily converted to a biodiesel product through transesterification by using 9 wt.% (by weight of palm oil) calcium oxide catalyst: methanol (1:9) at 65 °C for 2 hr. The maximum biodiesel production more than 80 % was obtained and reusable up to 4 times of consecutive runs under the optimum conditions compared with the commercial available. These findings have opened novel catalyst filler for highly biodiesel production with economical and environment-friendly materials.

Author Biography

มณีรัตน์ - น้ำจันทร์, สาขาเคมี คณะวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏนครสวรรค์

อาจารย์สาขาเคมี คณะวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏนครสวรรค์

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Published

2018-06-19

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บทความวิจัย (Research Article)