TY - GEN
T1 - Insect-based lipid for biodiesel production
AU - Wong, Chung Yiin
AU - Lim, Jun Wei
AU - Uemura, Yoshimitsu
AU - Chong, Fai Kait
AU - Yeong, Yin Fong
AU - Mohamad, Mardawani
AU - Hermansyah, Heri
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Author(s).
PY - 2018/9/26
Y1 - 2018/9/26
N2 - Insect biomass could be a potential feedstock for biodiesel production in Malaysia. In this study, the viability of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) and weevil (Rhynchophorus sp.) larvae for biodiesel production were evaluated. Black soldier fly (BSF) and weevil larvae were found to contain about 32% and 44% of lipid content in dry weight basis by using petroleum ether solvent extraction. After esterification and trans-esterification, BSF and weevil larvae derived biodiesel were detected to contain 84% and 88% of FAME correspondingly. The GC analysis showed that BSF derived biodiesel contained approximately 55% of C12:0, 12% of C14:0, 6% of C16:0 and 4% of C18:1 with low percentage of C10:0, C16:1, and C18:2. Meanwhile, weevil derived biodiesel showed around 40% of C16:0 and C18:1, 3% of C16:1 and C18:0, and low content of C14:0, C18:2, and C18:3. The FAME produced from BSF and weevil larvae were equivalent to the FAME derived from coconut and palm oil. Thus, replacement of edible plant seed oil by insect biomass in biodiesel production is achievable to avoid the concerns on food against fuel in Malaysia.
AB - Insect biomass could be a potential feedstock for biodiesel production in Malaysia. In this study, the viability of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) and weevil (Rhynchophorus sp.) larvae for biodiesel production were evaluated. Black soldier fly (BSF) and weevil larvae were found to contain about 32% and 44% of lipid content in dry weight basis by using petroleum ether solvent extraction. After esterification and trans-esterification, BSF and weevil larvae derived biodiesel were detected to contain 84% and 88% of FAME correspondingly. The GC analysis showed that BSF derived biodiesel contained approximately 55% of C12:0, 12% of C14:0, 6% of C16:0 and 4% of C18:1 with low percentage of C10:0, C16:1, and C18:2. Meanwhile, weevil derived biodiesel showed around 40% of C16:0 and C18:1, 3% of C16:1 and C18:0, and low content of C14:0, C18:2, and C18:3. The FAME produced from BSF and weevil larvae were equivalent to the FAME derived from coconut and palm oil. Thus, replacement of edible plant seed oil by insect biomass in biodiesel production is achievable to avoid the concerns on food against fuel in Malaysia.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.5055552
DO - 10.1063/1.5055552
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85054481110
SN - 9780735417342
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
BT - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Applied Science and Technology, ICAST 2018
A2 - Nifa, Faizatul Akmar Abdul
A2 - Lin, Chong Khai
A2 - Hussain, Azham
PB - American Institute of Physics Inc.
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Applied Science and Technology, ICAST 2018
Y2 - 10 April 2018 through 12 April 2018
ER -