Saraca asoca seeds – A novel candidature for biodiesel production: Studies on yield optimization using ANN coupled GA and properties of biodiesel blends

Production, optimization, and characterization of Ethiopian variant Prosopis juliflora based biodiesel

“…Similar results were obtained by increasing temperature from (50, 55, and 60 °C) and lowering catalyst concentration to the lower level (0.4 wt%), which decreased biodiesel output to 1.23, 1.11, and 1.67% while maintaining methanol at 86.5 ml as a constant. The generation of soap may be strongly impacted by the high temperature and catalyst concentration, which may favor the saponification of triglycerides and lead to decreased biodiesel yield [ 61 ]. There is no statistically significant interaction between the concentration of NaOH catalyst and reaction temperature, as can be seen from Table 6 ANOVA results.…”