Team K: Biodiesel From Vegetable Oil

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Team K Biodiesel From Vegetable Oil

• David Bunion
• Maldonado Daley
• Paulina Casteneda

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Introduction

• Do you want to live a life with a lot less
  pollution?
• Diesel fuel
• Alternative fuels
• Our goal for this project is to better understand
  what biodiesel is and the steps needed to make
  and characterize it.

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Background Info

• Biodiesel is an alternative fuel
• Biodegradable
• Nontoxic
• Can be blended with diesel fuel
• Can be used in diesel engines

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Background Info

• Biodiesel is made by transesterification
• Process products
• methyl esters
• glycerin
• Monitor sodium hydroxide use

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Procedure

• Titration
• Transesterification
• Washing with acid and distilled water
• Drying with sodium sulfate

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PROCEDURES

• GC/MS machine analysis
• GC machine analysis
• Viscometry analysis
• Temperature testing

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Results
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Results

• Methyl esters
• Temperature Analysis

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Conclusions

• Biodiesel as an alternative fuel
• Errors
• Future Research

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Acknowledgements

• The Eberly College of Science
• Dr. Mercedes Richards
• Dr. Jackie Bortiatynski
• Megan Kolarz
• Jody Markley
• UBMS Staff