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Renewable Energy
Volume 116, Part A, February 2018, Pages 183-193

Trans-esterification of waste cooking oil with methanol by

electrolysis process using KOH
Leila Fereidooni a , Kambiz Tahvildari a, Mehdi Mehrpooya b

a Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch,
Tehran, Iran
b Renewable Energies and Environment Department, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University
of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Received 22 October 2016, Revised 1 August 2017, Accepted 23 August 2017, Available online 20 September 2017.

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Highlights
• Evaluated the feasibility of production of biodiesel formation by electrolysis
method by KOH for the first time.

• FAME production corresponded well with the change trends of current density.

• Undeniable correlations linking quality of biodiesel to viscosity are presented.

Abstract
Biodiesel produced form waste cooking oil (WCO) has increasingly attracted the attentions as
an alternative fuelGet
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to lower particulate Export
emissions and other beneficial factors such as low
cost. The present study investigated the production of biodiesel (BFD) as one of the effective
methods in solving energy crises and environmental pollution. To increase the consumption
of biofuels, a high yield biodiesels (96%) was produced as an alternative to fossil fuels by
electrolysis method using graphite electrodes through trans-esterification reaction of WCO
and KOH in presence of methanol. This reaction was done in 2 h without side saponification
reaction. Biodiesel decreases the environmental effects of waste oil and can cause a new
application for using the waste oil. The effect of the catalysis amount, oil/alcohol molar ratio,
the amount of co-solvent, water amount, reaction temperature, voltage and the reaction time
on biodiesel production were investigated confirming this method as a highly effective way
for obtaining high yields. Increasing the catalyst beyond a known level decreases the reaction
yield due to saponification side reactions; in consequence, an optimum amount of the catalyst
should be used. Without inserting the electricity current in the environment temperature,
trans-esterification reaction is done slightly in a long time but proper voltage should be used
to obtain high yield, complete the reaction and decrease the reaction time. The purpose of
this study is to show that the rheology of the biodiesel is a strong function of the shear history.

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Keywords
Trans-esterification; Homogeneous catalysis; Electrolysis process

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