TY  - JOUR
A1  - Yusuf, N.R.
A1  - Kamil, R.N.M.
A1  - Yusup, S.
Y1  - 2015///
KW  - Analysis of variance (ANOVA); Catalysts; Flood control; Hydrolysis
KW  -  Alkaline hydrolysis; Catalyst concentration; Central composite designs; Jatropha Curcas oil; Microwave assisted; Optimised conditions; Response surface methodology; Surface methodologies
KW  -  Fatty acids
JF  - Chemical Engineering Transactions
N2  - The production of fatty acid by alkaline hydrolysis method from Jatropha Curcas oil using microwave assisted irradation system has been investigated. This fatty acid is widely used as raw materials for biochemicals industry. The optimisation of alkaline hydrolysis variables such as temperature, catalyst concentration loading, reaction time and oil to solvent ratio was carried out using central composite design (CCD) in response to surface methodology (RSM) to achieve maximum free fatty acid yield ( FFA). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) analysis shows that the catalyst concentration are the most significant variance effecting the yield of  FFA, with R2 = 0.9827 indicating good fitting of the suggested model. The highest fatty acids yield was 98  achieved at the optimum condition of 95 °C, 1.75 M of ethanolic KOH concentration, 1:68 oil to solvent ratio and 15 min of reaction time in 3,000 W microwave power system. This study reports under optimised condition, fatty acids yield was significantly increased and this also showed the potential of Jatropha Curcas oil as feedstock for fatty acids production. Copyright © 2015, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.,.
SN  - 22839216
SP  - 1513
PB  - Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC
TI  - Response surface methodology approach for optimisation of alkaline hydrolysis of Jatropha Curcas oil via microwave assisted
N1  - cited By 2
AV  - none
ID  - scholars5708
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84946108470&doi=10.3303%2fCET1545253&partnerID=40&md5=43bf7a7ad2828a81f3a9af53d38f4621
VL  - 45
EP  - 1518
ER  -