• GANESHA T
• Dr M C Math

Modern society is highly dependent on fossil fuels for its energy requirements, however fossils fuel sources are limited and their use causes the negative impact on the breathing air quality. At the same time, the demand for energy is increasing at a faster rate due to rapid increase in number of industries and shifting of people from villages to cities. Hence, efforts are being made to find to a suitable to alternative to diesel oil which must be renewable and eco-friendly. Biodiesel is one of the best and suitable alternatives to diesel oil because it is obtained from renewable sources like vegetable oil, animal waste fat and used cooking oil. In this work, an effort has made to produce biodiesel from animal waste fat through single stage transesterification process. This work also involves the optimization of transesterification parameters such as catalyst concentration, molar ratio of oil: alcohol, and reaction time through the use of response surface methodology (RSM). The maximum biodiesel yield (94.6%) was obtained experimentally at catalyst concentration 4:1 methanol to oil ratio and reaction time of 65 minutes. Predicted yield 94.28 % was obtain at catalyst concentration of 6.5:1 methanol to oil ratio and reaction time of 65 minutes. 0.32% variation is obtained between experimental and predicted yield.

Waste animal fat (WAF), Transesterification, Biodiesel, Response Surface Methodology (RSM),

"Optimization of Transesterification Process parameters for the Production of Biodiesel from Waste Animal Fat Using RSM ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.249-253, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812337.pdf

"Optimization of Transesterification Process parameters for the Production of Biodiesel from Waste Animal Fat Using RSM ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp249-253, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812337.pdf