Transesterification of Palm Oil for the Production of Biodiesel
- 1 Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Business Administration, University Technology MARA, Kampus Seri Iskandar, 32610 Bandar Baru Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
- 2 Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University Technology MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Abstract
Problem statement: Palm oil is known as an important source of edible oil with significant values of renewable energy. Depletion of petroleum had captured much attention on producing biodiesel from the palm oil. Approach: The most concerning methods for the production of biodiesel were discussed, namely transesterification (alkali and acid), enzymetic approach and supercritical alcohol. Results: The results showed the vis-à-vis of the methods for possible consideration of research. Conclusion: Concerning the importance of this vegetable oil, the contribution of palm oil towards diminution of fossil fuel, possible methods for the production of biodiesel and the opportunity for the futures is very much important.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2011.804.809
Copyright: © 2011 Khalizani Khalid and Khalisanni Khalid. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
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Keywords
- Supercritical alcohol
- significant values
- possible methods
- vegetable oils
- catalytic process
- fossil fuel
- hectare per
- low volatility
- potential vegetable