TY - GEN
T1 - Biodiesel synthesis in DBD plasma reactor using hot mixture of castor oil and used palm oil - Methanol
AU - Zara, Kania
AU - Anisa, Sesia Fitri
AU - Nabilla, Shafira
AU - Bismo, Setijo
PY - 2019/11/19
Y1 - 2019/11/19
N2 - The synthesis of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME or biodiesel) and paraffin in a non-thermal plasma Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) reactor has produced satisfactory results. Plasma technology has shown advantages over conventional method by synthesizing biodiesel without the presence of catalysts, requiring relatively low energy, and not producing glycerol as a by-product. This research aims to compare the FAME and paraffin produced from used palm oil, with and without added castor oil. In this study, the triglycerides are reacted with methanol in the plasma DBD reactor. The reactor is operated at atmospheric pressure, liquid feed flow rate of 1.3 mL/s, argon gas flow rate of 25.27 mL/s, and plasma voltage of 10.2 kV AC. The independent variables in this study are sources of triglycerides and output frequency of the Electronic Power Transformer (EPT). Characterization of the produced biodiesel includes GC-MS, GC-FAME, density, and viscosity. The optimal condition for biodiesel conversion reaction in a DBD plasma reactor from this study is at a reaction temperature of 40 °C and a 1:1 molar ratio of oil to methanol, and a reaction time of 120 minutes.
AB - The synthesis of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME or biodiesel) and paraffin in a non-thermal plasma Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) reactor has produced satisfactory results. Plasma technology has shown advantages over conventional method by synthesizing biodiesel without the presence of catalysts, requiring relatively low energy, and not producing glycerol as a by-product. This research aims to compare the FAME and paraffin produced from used palm oil, with and without added castor oil. In this study, the triglycerides are reacted with methanol in the plasma DBD reactor. The reactor is operated at atmospheric pressure, liquid feed flow rate of 1.3 mL/s, argon gas flow rate of 25.27 mL/s, and plasma voltage of 10.2 kV AC. The independent variables in this study are sources of triglycerides and output frequency of the Electronic Power Transformer (EPT). Characterization of the produced biodiesel includes GC-MS, GC-FAME, density, and viscosity. The optimal condition for biodiesel conversion reaction in a DBD plasma reactor from this study is at a reaction temperature of 40 °C and a 1:1 molar ratio of oil to methanol, and a reaction time of 120 minutes.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.5134570
DO - 10.1063/1.5134570
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85078034778
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
BT - Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Applied Chemistry 2019
A2 - Arutanti, Osi
A2 - Randy, Ahmad
A2 - Fitriady, Muhammad Arifuddin
PB - American Institute of Physics Inc.
T2 - 5th International Symposium on Applied Chemistry 2019, ISAC 2019
Y2 - 23 October 2019 through 24 October 2019
ER -