Ultrasonication assisted production of biodiesel from sunflower oil by using CuO: Mg heterogeneous nanocatalyst

摘要: Biodiesel is a clean, renewable, biodegradable, eco-friendly and alternative fuel used in the diesel engine. The present work was carried out at constant operational conditions such as methanol to oil molar ratio 6: 1, catalyst concentration 0.25%, 30 minute reaction time and the reaction temperature at 60 C. Biodiesel was synthesized by transesterification of sunflower oil (SFO) with methanol, using CuO: Mgas nanocatalyst. This nanocatalyst was prepared by quick precipitation method. The biodiesel yield of 71.78% was achieved under reaction condition. The presence of methyl ester groups at the produced biodiesel was confirmed using the Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). The FAME conversion yield up to 82.83% could be obtained under the operating conditions.