Research & Reviews: Journal of Engineering and Technology
MenuISSN: 2319-9873
ISSN: 2319-9873
+44 7456 035580Aasma Saeed
Smart yields Pvt limited, Pakistan
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: RRJET
Biodiesel is best alternative available today to conventional diesel. Everyday introduction of improved methods of production in new alternative feedstocks are ever rapidly cementing biodiesel strong position as a mainstream alternative. There are several benefits of biodiesel including local production, rural development, environment friendly fuel and economically sound product as compared to conventional diesel. However, nowadays nano catalysts have good quality and characters with different support composite. Present research work was investigated the production of biodiesel having good quality parameters which has the similar characters like biodiesel international standards. Prunus domestica seeds were collected from local market, fruit and juice shops. There were following steps: feedstock drying, raw material grindings, extraction of oil from dried seeds, filtration of oil, oil refined by charcoal, dehydration of oil with sodium sulfate and vacuumed filtration. Nano catalysts of zeolite with different clays composites were used to produce biodiesel. The calcinized composite of Bentonite clay with zeolite is the best catalyst to produced biodiesel because it has suitable pore distribution, higher surface area and larger surface area. When catalyst is combined into support, and structural qualities of catalysts are effected. Three parameters of transterification were varied the biodiesel yield i.e., concentration of catalyst, reaction time and reaction temperature at same methanol ration and same stirring intensity. It was detected that plum oil gave maximum yield of 98.6% respectively with 0.3% catalyst of Bentonite-Zeolite calcinized composite at 600C and at optimized reaction time was 4 hours for maximum biodiesel yield. Different physical quality parameters were observed i.e., pH ,specific gravity, density, iodine value, saponification value, cetane number, cloud point and pour point and acid value by varies reactions. GS-MS analysis.
Aasma Saeed has completed her PhD at the age of 28 years from University of Agriculture Faisalabad. My research field is production of biodiesel from waste feedstock. Recently published my research paper in Nature journal with 5.133 impact factor. Now I am working in agrochemicals pvt limited as senior research analyst.