Application of coal fly ash as a solid basic catalyst in producing biodiesel

Omotola Babajide; Leslie Petrik; Nicholas Musyoka; Bamikole Amigun; Farouk Ameer

Application of coal fly ash as a solid basic catalyst in producing biodiesel

Omotola Babajide^*
, Leslie Petrik
, Nicholas Musyoka
, Bamikole Amigun
, Farouk Ameer

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	10AIChE - 2010 AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	2010 AIChE Annual Meeting, 10AIChE - Salt Lake City, UT, United States Duration: 7 Nov 2010 → 12 Nov 2010

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Name	AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings

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Conference	2010 AIChE Annual Meeting, 10AIChE
Country/Territory	United States
City	Salt Lake City, UT
Period	7/11/10 → 12/11/10

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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Fly ash
Heterogeneous catalyst
Methyl ester
Sunflower oil
Transesterification

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General Chemical Engineering
General Chemistry

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Application of coal fly ash as a solid basic catalyst in producing biodiesel

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