new design used sunflower oil for biodiesel in zimbabwe

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • Does sunflower oil produce biodiesel?
  • Fig. 12 represented the 1 HNMR spectra of sunflower oil and biodiesel. As presented in this figure, in the spectrum of biodiesel, the disappearance of glyceridic protons at 4.2 ppm and 4.3 ppm and the appearance of the new ?OCH 3 band at 3.7 ppm confirmed the biodiesel production from sunflower oil.
  • Can sunflower waste cooking oil be produced over enhanced bifunctional catalyst?
  • In this study, the production of FAME from sunflower waste cooking oil over the enhanced bifunctional catalyst was studied, to investigate the relationships between selected conditions of time, temperature and catalyst loading in obtaining a maximum yield, and optimum reaction conditions for the transesterification.
  • Is sunflower oil better than palm oil for biodiesel?
  • Different oil sources such as corn, and grapeseed can be used in its production, however, sunflower oil has proved to have better fuel quality as compared to other oil sources [ 17, 18 ]. Furthermore, Simbi et al. [ 19 ], reported enhanced fuel quality of biodiesel produced from waste sunflower oil as compared to waste palm oil.
  • What is the water content of sunflower biodiesel?
  • According to Table 6, the produced sunflower biodiesel had a water content of 0.03 wt% which was below the maximum limits allowed by international standards. This was lower than those found in literature for biodiesel produced from sunflower and waste cooking oils [ 36, 77 ].
  • What is the optimum temperature for biodiesel production from sunflower oil?
  • The results of the present study demonstrated that 1 h of reaction and a temperature of 25 °C (which can be considered as an ambient temperature and therefore does not require energy expenditure) present the optimum conditions for the production of biodiesel from sunflower oil and give a high yield (95.28 %).
  • Can a heterogeneous catalyst produce biodiesel from transesterification of sunflower oil?
  • A novel efficient and cost-effective heterogeneous catalyst for the production of biodiesel from transesterification of sunflower oil was prepared through the impregnation of K 2 CO 3 upon the Talc material. The physicochemical features of the catalyst were studied through several characterization analyses.