Students' Projects
Transesterification of waste cooking oil using a homogeneous catalyst methane sulphonic acid
| Department | Chemical Engineering |
| Year | 2022-23 |
| Budget | 120000 |
| Students | Lekha Thanki, Lekha Thanki, Miraj patel, Athira Saji, Patel vasu, Sukhadiya Parth, Khanpara Jenil |
| Mentor | Dr. Milap G. Nayak |
| Abstract | Waste cooking oil (WCO) is considered the most promising biodiesel feedstock despite its drawbacks, such as its high free fatty acid (FFA) and water contents. The most common process in the production of biodiesel is transesterification, and using a methanol mixture will combine the advantages of both alcohols in biodiesel production. The transesterification of waste cooking oil (WCO) with methanol in the presence of MSA (Methanesulphonic acid) as the catalyst. Use of waste cooking oil as a source of biodiesel is that it is cheap to procure and it is less harmful to environment. Replacement of sulphonic acid by less hazardous MSA. Biodiesel is to be prepared using MSA as a catalyst and different quality and properties will be analysed to get better yield of production. |