Pak.
J.
Bot.
, 42(1): 575-582, 2010.
JATROPHA CURCAS SEED OIL AS A VIABLE
SOURCE FOR BIODIESEL
UMER RASHID1,2
, FAROOQ ANWAR1,*
, AMER JAMIL1
AND HAQ NAWAZ BHATTI1
1
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040,...
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Pak.
J.
Bot.
, 42(1): 575-582, 2010.
JATROPHA CURCAS SEED OIL AS A VIABLE
SOURCE FOR BIODIESEL
UMER RASHID1,2
, FAROOQ ANWAR1,*
, AMER JAMIL1
AND HAQ NAWAZ BHATTI1
1
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan
2
Department of Industrial Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad-38000, Pakistan
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to explore the utility of Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) seed
oil for biodiesel production.
The preliminarily evaluated Jatropha oil was transmethylated under
optimized set of reaction conditions: methanol/oil molar ratio (6:1), sodium methoxide catalyst
concentration (1.
00%), temperature (65°C) and mixing intensity (600 rpm) providing 94.
00% yield
of Jatropha oil methyl esters (JOMEs)/biodiesel.
The gas chromatographic (GC) analysis showed
that JOMEs mainly comprised of six fatty acids: linoleic (49.
75%), stearic (16.
80%), oleic
(13.
00%), palmitic (12.
15%), arachidic (5.
01%) and g
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