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This paper elucidates biodiesel production from high FFA (16%) Nahar seed oil. Oil content was found to be 67 wt% of Nahar seed kernel. Fatty acid profile of Nahar seed oil reveals 28.434% saturated fatty acid composition with 69.594% unsaturation. Double stage acid base transesterification process was developed, as single stage alkali catalyzed transesterification failed to yield biodiesel due to production of soaps. The first stage acid pretreatment reduces acid value to less than 1.5%. A heterogeneous catalyst calcium oxide (CaO) is used in the 2nd stage yield a maximum of 88% biodiesel at an optimum condition of reaction parameters such as; molar ratio of oil to alcohol 1:8, 2.5 wt% of CaO loading, reaction temperature of 65 °, reaction speed of 600 rpm for 2.5 h of reaction time. Some of the important properties of prepared biodiesel like density, viscosity, calorific value, flash point, fire point, cloud point, pour point etc. were evaluated and confirmed to the limit prescribed by ASTM standard. The biodiesel obtained from two stage transesterification is commercially viable and possess superior quality. This study encourages biodiesel production from an abundantly available non-edible feedstock in India as an alternative fuel for any diesel engine.
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The authors are thankful to Indian Biodiesel Corporation (IBDC), Baramati, Maharashtra, for help in testing of prepared samples.
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Dash, S.K., Lingfa, P. (2018). Production of Biodiesel from High FFA Non-edible Nahar Oil and Optimization of Yield. In: Antony, K., Davim, J. (eds) Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Science. Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76276-0_44
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