Production of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) using opks and potassium as a heterogenous catalyst / Hanna Abdul Rahim Marican

Since biodiesel (FAME) burns more efficiently in the engine and has a higher oxygen content than traditional mineral diesel, less carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, and particulates are released into the atmosphere when it is used in an engine. Transesterification of vegetable oil with methanol in the presence of a heterogeneous base is how FAME is performed. OPKS serves as a catalytic support for a catalyst (KOH). The primary goal was to determine the best reaction temperature (50,55,60 degree Celsius) where the high percentage yield of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) is produced with the catalyst loading of 10wt%. To create a heterogeneous catalyst, the KOH solution was doped with OPKS and calcined at 500 °C for 4 hours before being cooled to room temperature. In order to produce FAME during the transesterification process, vegetable oil required to be heated at a 50-degree Celsius temperature. The yield percentage of FAME was calculated using GCMS in the analysis. The greatest results for the synthesis of FAME came from trans esterifying vegetable oil employing a catalyst with a KOH and a constant weight percent of 10%.