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Volume 9
Journal of Bioremediation & Biodegradation
ISSN: 2155-6199
Biofuel Congress 2018 &
Biomass 2018
September 04-06, 2018
JOINT EVENT
September 04-06, 2018 | Zurich, Switzerland
13
th
Global Summit and Expo on
Biomass and Bioenergy
&
12
th
World Congress on
Biofuels and Bioenergy
J Bioremediat Biodegrad 2018, Volume 9
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6199-C1-015
Synthesis and characterization of alumina-supported bimetallic oxide CuO-ZnO catalyst for
transesterification of kapok seed oil (
Ceiba pentandra
)
Nyoman Puspa Asri
Universitas W R Supratman, Indonesia
Statement of the Problem:
At the present time, the researchers much attracted to developing renewable energy because the world's fossil
oil reserves have decreased significantly. Biodiesel is one of the most promising alternative energies for substituting fossil fuels. However,
the main obstacle faced at this time the cost of biodiesel production is too expensive, so the price of biodiesel can’t compete against the
price of diesel oil. There are two main causes, namely, first the production process using a homogeneous catalyst that has many weaknesses.
The second, the raw material uses palm oil, which in fact besides the expensive price, also compete with the food industry. The use of
the heterogeneous catalyst for substitution of the homogeneous catalyst and using low-cost oil as feedstock is a promising strategy for
biodiesel production. Therefore, this study was to focus on developing of alumina supported CuO-ZnO heterogeneous catalyst (ZCA)
for transesterification of kapok seed oil. The aim of this study is to synthesize and characterization of CuO-ZnO-/γ-Al
2
O
3
(ZCA) catalyst.
Methodology &Theoretical Orientation:
The synthesizing of the catalyst was done using a sol-gel method. Whereas, the characterizations
of the synthesized catalyst were done by several methods which include: x-ray diffraction (X-RD), scanning electron microscopy
(SEM) and Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET), respectively. The activity test of catalyst was done by introducing the CZA catalyst on
transesterification of kapok seed oil with methanol in glass type batch reactor.
Findings:
CuO- ZnO-/γ-Al
2
O
3
(ZCA) was successfully synthesized and it was quite good and potential using as heterogeneous catalyst
for transesterification of kapok seed oil.
Conclusion & Significance:
The heterogeneous catalyst proved as an effective and friendly process for substituting a homogeneous
catalyst for production of biodiesel from low grade or low cost oil.
nyoman_puspaasri@yahoo.com