TY - CONF AV - none N2 - Biofuel from plant oils have attracted a great attention as replacements for conventional diesel to decrease reliance on fossil based-oil and offer an eco-friendly fuel. The transesterification reaction of cottonseed oil with isopropyl alcohol using potassium hydroxide as catalyst has been deliberated for the production of biodiesel. The objective of this study is to find the best condition for the production of isopropyl esters of cottonseed oil. The reaction parameters used are isopropyl alcohol/cottonseed oil molar ratio (6:1 up to 30:1 in interval of 3), catalyst amount (0.5-2.5 wt. ) and heating events of (50-80 °C) while the duration of the procedure and the stirring power are fixed at 2 hour and 600 rpm, respectively. However, about 98.9 of fatty acid isopropyl esters was obtained at the best conditions of 2 h, 600 rpm, 1.5 catalyst concentration, 70 oC temperature of the reaction and 1:24 as cottonseed oil to isopropyl alcohol molar ratio. © 2016 The Authors. N1 - cited By 4; Conference of 4th International Conference on Process Engineering and Advanced Materials, ICPEAM 2016 ; Conference Date: 15 August 2016 Through 17 August 2016; Conference Code:131138 TI - Isopropanolysis of Cottonseed Oil to Biodiesel via Potassium Hydroxide Catalyst ID - scholars7389 SP - 473 KW - Biodiesel; Catalysts; Esters; Fatty acids; Fuel oils; Oilseeds; Potassium; Potassium hydroxide; Process engineering KW - Catalyst concentration; FAIPE's; Fatty acid isopropyl esters; Isopropanolysis; Isopropyl alcohols; Isopropyl esters; Reaction parameters; Transesterification reaction KW - Cottonseed oil Y1 - 2016/// PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 18777058 A1 - Alhassan, F.H. A1 - Uemura, Y. UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85014042475&doi=10.1016%2fj.proeng.2016.06.475&partnerID=40&md5=5d7e3c75f016e4cbed8bc46c13579972 EP - 478 VL - 148 ER -