Abstract—The present study introduced the potential used of
Garcinia Mangostana Linn. seeds as feedstock for bio-diesel production. The preparation of biodiesel by two-phase solvent extraction (TSE) and alkali-catalyzed transesterification was studied. The important factors including catalyst concentration, ratio of methanol to oil and temperature on conversion FAME were examined respectively by experiments. The results of two-step transesterification showed that the optimal conversion of
Garcinia Mangostana Linn. seeds into fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) were at condition of 4:1 methanol/oil volume ratio, 50oC reaction temperature, 0.5% ( catalyst / oil weight ratio w/w) solid base catalyst amount and at 5 minutes reaction time.
Index Terms—Biodiesel,
Garcinia Mangostana Linn. seeds, two-phase solvent extraction, alkali-catalyzed transesterification.
L. Nabilah Aminah, S. T. Leong, Y. S. Wong, and S. A. Ong are with the School of Environmental Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 01000 Perlis, Malaysia (e-mail: nabilah@unimap.edu.my; withly_leong@yahoo.com; yswong@unimap.edu.my; saong@unimap.edu.my).
C. K Kairulazam is with the Centre for Industrial Collaboration, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 01000 Perlis, Malaysia (e-mail: chekuazam@unimap.edu.my).
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Cite:L. Nabilah Aminah, S. T. Leong, Y. S. Wong, S. A. Ong, and C. K. Kairulazam, "Biodiesel Production of Garcinia Mangostana Linn. seeds by Two-Phase Solvent Extraction and Alkali-Catalyzed Transesterification," International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 92-95, 2013.
