In situ transesterification of solid coconut waste in a packed bed reactor with CaO/PVA catalyst

Nur Syakirah Talha; Sarina Sulaiman

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2018.07.015

In situ transesterification of solid coconut waste in a packed bed reactor with CaO/PVA catalyst

Waste Manag. 2018 Aug:78:929-937. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.07.015. Epub 2018 Jul 11.

Authors

Nur Syakirah Talha¹, Sarina Sulaiman²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia, P.O. Box 10, 50728 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
² Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia, P.O. Box 10, 50728 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: sarina@iium.edu.my.

PMID: 32559988
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.07.015

Abstract

In this study, solid coconut waste and CaO/PVA was used as raw material and catalyst respectively to produce biodiesel through in situ transesterification. Both, raw material and catalyst were packed in a packed bed reactor. The reaction was fixed for 3 h and the mixing was kept constant at 350 rpm. The highest biodiesel yield of 95% was obtained at reaction temperature of 61 °C with catalyst loading (CaO/PVA) of 2.29 wt% and methanol to solid ratio of 12:1. CaO-waste derived catalyst has been successfully proven to be utilized as heterogeneous base catalyst for the production of biodiesel from solid coconut waste.

Keywords: Biodiesel; Eggshell; In situ transesterification; Polyvinyl alcohol; Solid coconut waste; Waste-derived catalyst.