Production of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester from Low Grade Palm Oil Using Eutectic Solvent Based on Benzyltrimethylammonium Chloride

In this study, high content of free fatty acid (FFA) from low grade palm oil (LGPO) was treated using deep eutectic solvent (DES). This DES was prepared via mixing of p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (PTSA) with benzyltrimethylammonium chloride (BAC). Various effect of reaction conditions were stu...

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Published inIOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 210; no. 1; pp. 12012 - 12017
Main Authors Rashid, Shahidah N., Hayyan, Adeeb, Hashim, Mohd Ali
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.06.2017
Subjects
Benzyl trimethyl ammonium chloride
Catalysts
Chlorides
Dosage
Fatty acids
Palm oil
Reaction time
Solvents
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Summary:In this study, high content of free fatty acid (FFA) from low grade palm oil (LGPO) was treated using deep eutectic solvent (DES). This DES was prepared via mixing of p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (PTSA) with benzyltrimethylammonium chloride (BAC). Various effect of reaction conditions were studied such as catalyst dosage (0.5% to 4.5%), molar ratio (2:1 to 12:1), reaction time (10 to 120 min) and reaction temperature (30 °C to 80 °C). This study exhibited that 2% catalyst dosage, 10:1 molar ratio of methanol to oil, 30 min of reaction time and reaction temperature of 60 °C were the optimum condition to reduce the FFA content to less than 2%.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/210/1/012012