<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This communication explores the feasibility of biodiesel production from a weed plant Argemone mexicana seed oil and an efficient catalyst crystalline manganese carbonate. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first study making use of pure, crystalline, ash colored manganese carbonate as a heterogeneous catalyst for the production of methyl esters as fuel from Argemone mexicana seed oil. The optimum process conditions for the conversion of Argemone mexicana oil to its methyl ester by transesterification required 1% manganese carbonate as catalyst with alcohol to oil ratio 5:1 at 60°C to yield biodiesel of 99.99% purity. The methyl esters obtained were examined by Gas chromatography analysis.</p></abstract>

This communication explores the feasibility of biodiesel production from a weed plant Argemone mexicana seed oil and an efficient catalyst crystalline manganese carbonate. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first study making use of pure, crystalline, ash colored manganese carbonate as a heterogeneous catalyst for the production of methyl esters as fuel from Argemone mexicana seed oil. The optimum process conditions for the conversion of Argemone mexicana oil to its methyl ester by transesterification required 1% manganese carbonate as catalyst with alcohol to oil ratio 5:1 at 60°C to yield biodiesel of 99.99% purity. The methyl esters obtained were examined by Gas chromatography analysis.

Biodiesel production from <italic>Argemone mexicana</italic> seed oil using crystalline manganese carbonate

Department of chemistry, Government city college, Hyderabad- 500 002, India

School of chemical sciences, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Vishnupuri, Nanded- 431 606, India

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

Biodiesel production from  seed oil using crystalline manganese carbonate

This communication explores the feasibility of biodiesel production from a weed plant Argemone mexicana seed oil and an efficient catalyst crystalline...

Biodiesel production from Argemone mexicana seed oil using crystalline manganese carbonate

Published Online: Apr 03, 2012

Page range: 65 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10026-012-0061-x

Keywords
Biodiesel, Fatty acid methyl esters, seed oil, crystalline Manganese carbonate, Heterogeneous catalyst

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