Date of Award
8-1-2017
Thesis Type
masters
Document Type
Thesis
Divisions
eng
Department
Faculty of Engineering
Institution
University of Malaya
Abstract
A non-edible vegetable oil source “Pithraj” widely known as “Aphanamixis polystachya” (AP) was chosen in the current study considering the high price of edible oil sources and food security. Main forces of this study were to optimize the biodiesel production process from low-quality vegetable oil employing waste eggshell extracted heterogeneous catalyst and evaluate fuel feasibility in an unmodified diesel engine. A heterogeneous catalyst was extracted and confirmed its activity as a catalyst by various characterization like thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy analysis, scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) analysis. The basic strength of the Egg CaO catalyst found to be 9.8
Note
Thesis (M.A.) - Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 2017.
Recommended Citation
Md. Ruhul, Amin, "Optimization of aphanamixis based biodiesel and its combustion characteristics / Md. Ruhul Amin" (2017). Student Works (2010-2019). 4730.
https://knova.um.edu.my/student_works_2010s/4730