Biodiesel Production from Refined Palm Oil Using KF/CaO Catalyst in a Co-Solvent

Abstract

The research was studied solid base catalyst KF/CaO for transesterification reaction of methanol with refined palm oil to produce biodiesel. The catalyst using KF 80 wt.% coated on CaO solid base catalyst and using co – solvent, namely tetrahydrofuran (THF). The temperature for the reaction was 65 ºC, 3 h. The catalyst of the reaction was 10 wt.% of refined palm oil. The molar ratio of methanol to oil was 6:1. Then the methyl ester was 99.37 %