Comparative analysis of cashew and canola oil biodiesel with homogeneous catalyst by transesterification method

Abstract

Abstract This research work deals with cashew and canola non-edible oil biodiesel with an aim to identify the maximum yield and physiochemical properties at minimum cost by newly formulated segment process of transesterification method. The diluted sodium hydroxide (NaOH) were used as a catalyst because of its enhancing nature on yielding the biodiesel from oil. The predominating factor such as catalyst, molar ratio, temperature, agitation speed and reaction time are consider as a process parameter to yield the maximum biodiesel with optimum physiochemical properties. The canola oil has been yielded 85% of biodiesel and also it is 30% higher than the cashew oil biodiesel. The optimized parameter obtained to yield the canola oil biodiesel which is transesterification temperature at 700C, time at 120 mins and agitation speed up to 550 rpm.