@inproceedings{3d5bf866439a417fafb95aa2f16a9dcb,
title = "Application of coal fly ash as a solid basic catalyst in producing biodiesel",
abstract = "South Africa is largely dependent on the combustion of coal for electricity production; Eskom's coal-fired power stations consume approximately 109 million tons of coal per annum, producing around 25 million tons of ash, to supply the bulk (93%) of South Africa's electricity. The management of this fly ash has been a concern with various approaches for its beneficial use being investigated. This work presents the results of transesterification reaction using sunflower oil as feedstock with methanol and class F fly ash catalyst derived from a coal fly ash dump in South Africa to produce methyl esters (biodiesel). The influence of various reactions parameters such as loading amount of active components, methanol: oil ratio, reaction time, temperature and catalyst deactivation was investigated and the product synthesized was tested. The important fuel properties of the methyl esters compared well with ASTM biodiesel standard.",
keywords = "Fly ash, Heterogeneous catalyst, Methyl ester, Sunflower oil, Transesterification",
author = "Omotola Babajide and Leslie Petrik and Nicholas Musyoka and Bamikole Amigun and Farouk Ameer",
year = "2010",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780816910656",
series = "AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings",
booktitle = "10AIChE - 2010 AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings",
note = "2010 AIChE Annual Meeting, 10AIChE ; Conference date: 07-11-2010 Through 12-11-2010",
}
