Utilization of Ceiba Pentandra seed oil as potential feedstock for biodiesel production

• Main Authors: Yusup, S., Ahmad, M.M., Uemura, Y., Abu Bakar, S., Nik Mohamad Kamil, R., Quitain, A.T., Shari, S.
• Format: Book
• Published: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2013
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84892023845&partnerID=40&md5=f2a79595ebbb535708d33d8bb5155e4e; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/32606/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

The utilization of Ceiba Pentandra seed oil as potential feedstock for biodiesel production has been explored. About 28 wt/wt of Ceiba Pentandra seed oil was obtained from the extraction process. Ceiba Pentandra seed oil which contains high free fatty acid (FFA) was pre-treated using acid-catalyzed...