Name : The 46th Conference of Coal Science
Number : 46
Location : [in Japanese]
Date : November 26, 2009 - November 27, 2009
Pages 112-113
Transesterification of sunflower oil (SFO) and waste cooking oil (WCO) with methanol was performed by using CaO catalyst at 80-120℃ under reflux condition. The FAME yield of SFO was higher than that of WCO under the same condition due to the presence of free fatty acid in WCO. At the reaction temperature of 80℃ for 120min with 3wt% CaO catalyst, the FAME yield of SFO and WCO reached more than 92% and 84%, respectively. The fuel properties of the BDF produced from SFO at 120℃ with 5wt% CaO catalyst satisfied the values required in the EU standard for biodiesel fuel (EN-14214).
