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Synthesis of biodiesel from non-edible (Brachychiton populneus) oil in the presence of nickel oxide nanocatalyst: Parametric and optimisation studies

Dawood, S., Koyande, A.K., Ahmad, M., Mubashir, M., Asif, S., Klemeš, J.J., Bokhari, A., Saqib, S., Lee, M., Qyyum, M.A., Show, P.L.

Original Title

Synthesis of biodiesel from non-edible (Brachychiton populneus) oil in the presence of nickel oxide nanocatalyst: Parametric and optimisation studies

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The present study defines a novel green method for the synthesis of the nickel oxide nanocatalyst by using an aqueous latex extract of the Ficus elastic. The catalyst was examined for the conversion of novel Brachychiton populneus seed oil (BPSO) into biodiesel. The Brachychiton populneus seeds have a higher oil content (41 wt%) and free fatty acid value (3.8 mg KOH/g). The synthesised green nanocatalyst was examined by the Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, energy dispersive X-Ray (EDX) spectroscopy, X-Ray diffraction (XRD) spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The obtained results show that the synthesised green nanocatalyst was 22–26 nm in diameter and spherical-cubic in shape with a higher rate of catalytic efficiency. It was utilised further for the conversion of BPSO into biofuel. Due to the high free fatty acid value, the biodiesel was synthesised by the two-step process, i.e., pretreatment of the BPSO by means of acid esterification and then followed by the transesterification reaction. The acidic catalyst (H2SO4) was used for the pretreatment of BPSO. The optimum condition for the transesterification of the pretreated BPSO was 1:9 of oil-methanol molar ratio, 2.5 wt % of prepared nanocatalyst concentration and 85 °C of reaction temperature corresponding to the highest biodiesel yield of 97.5 wt%. The synthesised biodiesel was analysed by the FT-IR and GC-MS technique to determine the chemical composition of fatty acid methyl esters. Fuel properties of Brachychiton populneus seed oil biodiesel (BPSOB) were also examined, compared, and it falls in the prescribed range of ASTM standards. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd

Keywords

biodiesel; brachychiton populneus seed oil; green NiO nanocatalyst; latex extract; pretreatment

Authors

Dawood, S., Koyande, A.K., Ahmad, M., Mubashir, M., Asif, S., Klemeš, J.J., Bokhari, A., Saqib, S., Lee, M., Qyyum, M.A., Show, P.L.

Released

1. 9. 2021

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

ISBN

0045-6535

Periodical

CHEMOSPHERE

Number

278

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

130469

Pages to

130469

Pages count

13

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045653521009395?via%3Dihub

BibTex

@article{BUT171173,
  author="Jiří {Klemeš} and Syed Awais Ali Shah {Bokhari}",
  title="Synthesis of biodiesel from non-edible (Brachychiton populneus) oil in the presence of nickel oxide nanocatalyst: Parametric and optimisation studies",
  journal="CHEMOSPHERE",
  year="2021",
  number="278",
  pages="130469--130469",
  doi="10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130469",
  issn="0045-6535",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045653521009395?via%3Dihub"
}