Fuzzy Modeling to Evaluate the Effect of Temperature on Batch Transesterification of Jatropha Curcas for Biodiesel Production

Vipan Kumar Sohpal (Department of Chemical Engineering, Beant College of Engineering and Technology, Gurdaspur, Punjab)
Amarpal Singh (Department of Chemical Engineering, Beant College of Engineering and Technology, Gurdaspur, Punjab)
Apurba Dey (Department of Bio Technology, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal)

Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis
2011: BCREC Volume 6 Issue 1 Year 2011 (June 2011)

Biodiesel is an alternative source of fuel that can be synthesized from edible, non-edible and waste oils through transesterification. Firstly Transesterification reaction of Jatropha Curcas oil with butanol in the ratio of 1:25 investigated by using of sodium hydroxide catalyst with mixing intensity of 250 rpm in isothermal batch reactor. Secondly the fuzzy model of the temperature is developed. Performance was evaluated by comparing fuzzy model with the batch kinetic data. Fuzzy models were developed using adaptive neurofuzzy inference system (ANFIS). © 2011 by Authors, Published by BCREC Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)