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Synthesis and RSM Optimization of Methyl Ester from Waste Fish Oil by Transesterification Using Potassium Hydroxide Catalyst

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Last updated: 08 Feb 2025

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Biochemistry

Abstract

Renewable energy is vital for countering fossil fuel depletion and pollution, offering flexibility through its diverse and sustainable sources. Biofuels, derived from renewable organic materials, are a major renewable resource with a low carbon footprint, non-toxic, biodegradable, and sulfur-free, reducing emissions and health risks. Salmon oils pose environmental hazards and are challenging to dispose of properly. Therefore, it was proposed to convert them into biodiesel fuel as a sustainable solution. The process applied transesterification, employing methanol and potassium hydroxide as the catalyst to convert the oil into methyl ester. The impact of four parameters—reaction time, temperature, methanol and catalyst concentration were investigated. Experiments were conducted through various ranges for each variable: temperature was studied from 40 °C to 65 °C in increments of 5 °C, methanol concentrations from 10 % to 20 % in increments of 5 % wt./wt., catalyst concentration from 0.25 % to 1.5 % in increments of 0.25 % wt./wt., and reaction time from 15 to 90 minutes in increments of 15 minutes. The optimal conditions were determined using the Response Surface Methodology (RSM) model in Design Expert 13, based on optimization procedures for the settings of factorial variables, aiming for the minimum temperature, time, and catalyst concentration, with a methanol range of 10 % to 20 % by wt. The optimal production of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) occurred at a reaction temperature of 50 ℃, with 20% methanol by weight and 0.875% potassium hydroxide by weight, for 60 minutes, getting a maximum yield of 89.07%.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2024.301664.9961

Keywords

Waste fish oil, biodiesel synthesis, Optimization, homogeneous catalyst, TLC technique

Authors

First Name

R. M.

Last Name

Mohamed

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Affiliation

chemical engineering department, Canal High Institute of Engineering and Technology

Email

re7abmetwally@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0003-3987-1420

First Name

Hassan

Last Name

Mustafa

MiddleName

M. M.

Affiliation

Mechanical Engineering Department, Engineering and Renewable Energy Research Institute, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.

Email

hassanabuhashish@gmail.com

City

Dokki

Orcid

0000-0002-1854-0481

First Name

Abeer

Last Name

Shoaib

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Chemical Engineering and Petroleum refinery, Petroleum and mining Engineering Faculty, Suez University, Suez, Egypt

Email

a.shoaib@suezuni.edu.eg

City

suez

Orcid

-

First Name

Gamal

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

Kamel

Affiliation

33 bouhouth street - Dokki

Email

gamal_kamel9@yahoo.com

City

Gizah

Orcid

0000-0001-9558-4288

First Name

Walaa

Last Name

Shehata

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Refining and Petrochemical Engineering, Faculty of Petroleum and mining Engineering, Suez University, Suez, Egypt

Email

walaa.sliman@suezuniv.edu.eg

City

Suez

Orcid

-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Afify

MiddleName

Abdel-Moneim

Affiliation

Chemical Engineering Department, Canal Higher institute of Engineering and Technology, Suez, Egypt

Email

ahmedafify@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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Volume

67

Article Issue

13

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46555

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2024-07-06

Publish Date

2024-12-01

Page Start

2,189

Page End

2,196

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_374601.html

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374,601

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Original Article

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Synthesis and RSM Optimization of Methyl Ester from Waste Fish Oil by Transesterification Using Potassium Hydroxide Catalyst

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08 Feb 2025