Abstract
Biodiesel is a type of alternative fuel to replace diesel. Refined Bleached Deodorized Palm Oil (RBDPO) is a raw material that has the potential to be processed into biodiesel because of its abundant availability and easy to obtain. The focus of this research is to carry out the biodiesel production process using a mini biodiesel plant with a capacity of 50 liters/batch, and the catalyst used is NaOH. The results showed that the portable factory can produce biodiesel with a yield of 90.86%. The characteristics of the biodiesel produced were analyzed and the following values were obtained: density 0.89 g/mL, viscosity 4.69 CSt, acid number 1.68 mg KOH/g, and saponification number 179.52 mg KOH/g.
Highlights
The oil crisis and global warming have caused research to be oriented to find suitable alternative fuels for petroleum
Refined Bleached Deodorized Palm Oil (RBDPO) is a raw material that has the potential to be processed into biodiesel because of its abundant availability and easy to obtain
The focus of this research is to carry out the biodiesel production process using a mini biodiesel plant with a capacity of 50 liters/batch, and the catalyst used is NaOH
Summary
The oil crisis and global warming have caused research to be oriented to find suitable alternative fuels for petroleum. The results of various research studies conclude that biodiesel can be produced from various types of vegetable oils such as jatropha, kepo oil, used cooking oil, coconut, palm oil, corn oil, soybean oil and animal fat oils. Several studies that have evaluated the results of biodiesel purification using the raw material in the form of 5 L palm oil bulk (small capacity) from previous. Process Production of Biodiesel Using a Mini Plant experiments, concluded that biodiesel is influenced by acid number and saponification number. The optimal results from each experiment they carried out produced biodiesel products with characteristics that had different yield values for saponification numbers and acid numbers, some of which were included in the range of the Indonesian National Standard. As for the formulation of the problem, how is biodiesel productivity from palm bulk oil using a portable biodiesel plant? What are the characteristics of biodiesel produced from palm oil bulk?
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