Optimization of biodiesel production from Chlorella Vulgaris using CuO, NiO and MgO on zeolite 4A catalysts Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Abstract The activities of metal oxide on zeolite as catalysts for production of fatty acid methyl ester from microalgae lipid oil were investigated by impregnation of MgO, CuO and NiO on zeolite 4A. The physical properties of the catalysts were characterized using TGA, XRD, Fe-SEM and Nitrogen Physisorption analysis. Evaluation on activity for biodiesel production from Chlorella vulgaris microalgae shows the trend of catalysts performance as CuO/Zeo>NiO/ZeO>MgO/Zeo. The amount of catalysts, the methanol to oil ratios and the length of reaction times affects the production of biodiesel with 69% of biodiesel produced using CuO/Zeolite catalysts at optimized conditions.

publication date

  • 2019

start page

  • 012065

volume

  • 1349

issue

  • 1