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Research Title Dual Frequency Ultrasound-assisted Esterification of Palm Empty Fruit Bunch Oil with Zeolite Heterogeneous Acid Catalyst 
Date of Distribution 25 April 2022 
Conference
     Title of the Conference 2021 10th International Conference on Engineering and Innovative Materials 
     Organiser ICEIM 
     Conference Place Tokyo Denki University (Online) 
     Province/State Tokyo, Japan 
     Conference Date 24 September 2021 
     To 26 September 2021 
Proceeding Paper
     Volume 918 
     Issue 918 
     Page 109-116 
     Editors/edition/publisher Thanaphol Pholsawang 
     Abstract Biodiesel production from waste- or by-product oils having high free fatty acid (FFA) contents is required oil pretreatment. Esterification has been used to reduce FFA contents of crude oils prior to transesterification. In this present work, palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) oil which is a by-product from the palm oil industry was used as feedstock for biodiesel production. The EFB oil has very high FFA contents. Thus, esterification of the oil was carried out. The esterification was enhanced by dual frequency ultrasound waves (28 kHz + 40 kHz). Zeolite was used as a heterogenous acid catalyst. Methanol to oil (M:O) molar ratio, catalyst loading, and reaction were main factors affecting on the process and were investigated using central composite design (CCD) of experiment. Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to optimise these parameters. The results showed that at the optimised condition of 12:1 M:O molar ratio, 11.36 %wt catalyst loading and 60 min of reaction time, the FFA conversion was highest at 91.69% compared with the predicted value of 93.56% which was only 1.99% difference between tested and predicted values. 
Author
635040076-6 Mr. THANAPHOL PHOLSAWANG [Main Author]
Engineering Master's Degree

Peer Review Status มีผู้ประเมินอิสระ 
Level of Conference นานาชาติ 
Type of Proceeding Full paper 
Type of Presentation Oral 
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