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Abstracto

Preparation and Characterization of Biodiesel Produced from Jatropha Seed Oil Using Sulphated Zirconia as Catalyst

Dangoggo SM, Dhikrah I, Sani NA, Baki AS, Bagudo BU and Jibrin MS

Biodiesel has become beguiling nowadays for it is environmental benefits and it seems an opposite alternative fuel for future. In the current study, the biodiesel was produced from Jatropha seed oil using sulphated zirconia as catalyst. The catalyst was characterized using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA/DTA) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF). The GC-MS result of biodiesel produced shows 8.46% hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester, 10.41% 9-Octadecenoic acid (Z)-, methyl ester and 10.33% 9, 12-Octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z), methyl ester as major methyl ester. The physicochemical properties of the biodiesel produced are found to be within the ASTM standard hence the biodiesel maybe use as an alternative or additive to conventional diesel.