The limitations of fossil fuel support on fulfillment of energy need in a sustainable and environment friendly fashion has drove society to efforts of finding and developing fresh and renewably resources. Biodiesel is one the renewable energy resource and shows environment friendly property, consist of alkyl of fatty acids monoester originated from vegetable oil or animal fat. One of important steps in biodiesel production is separation of glycerin from product. Electrostatic method has been proved in accelerating saturation of glycerin. However, several aspects still need a careful assessment to acquire biodiesel production process with standard quality assigned. In this work, we designed an electrostatic separator of biodiesel from glycerin using waste cooking oil feed. The prototype was tested in several different voltages 12 Vdc, 20 Vdc, 30 Vdc and 33.5 Vdc. The result shows the highest voltage obtained is 33.5 Vdc, separation time 2 minutes 10 seconds having viscosity, water content and density i.e. 7.2139 cSt, 0.0321% and 0.85 g/mL respectively whereas flash point increase to 1917 C. The data confirmed that the product fulfills required standard value for density, water content and flash point.

The target of increasing the use of renewable fuels is directly proportional to the increasing demand for biodiesel. High demand for biodiesel must be balanced with sufficient availability from producers. One of the factors that influence biodiesel conversion rate is the use of catalysts. The use of sodium teoxide (CH3ONa) catalyst in the manufacture of biodiesel can be applied in the process of biodiesel production using induction heating technology. This technology will accelerate the heating process needed in the transesterification reaction. Based on research that has been done, the use of a catalyst concentration of 1% will produce a yield of 86.95% with product quality in accordance with SNI such as density 0.858 gr/cm3, viscosity 5.727 cSt, flash point 190°C, and acid number 0.439 mg-KOH/gr.

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Kerupuk and kemplang industries produce at least 65 liters of waste cooking oil per production. One of the applications of new and renewable energy can be done through the conversion of waste oilinto environmental friendly alternative fuel named biodiesel. The biodiesel production process can be conducted by various methods, such as utilizing induction heating technology. This technology has non-contact properties that do not interfere with the reactions that occur because of its application, which produces heat from the workpiece. This study uses waste cooking oil as raw material with variations in the molar ratios 1:3, 1:4, 1:5, 1:6, and 1:7. The analysis showed that the maximum biodiesel production was used of a 1:7 molar ratio with 86.95% yield, 0.86 gr/cm 3 of density, 5.73 cSt of viscosity, 190 o C of flash point, and 0.44 mg-KOH/gr of acid number. The using this ratio produces maximum yield and following SNI.

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