D-optimal design optimization of jatropha curcas L. seed oil hydrolysis via alkali-catalyzed reactions

• Main Authors: Jumat Salimon,, Bashar Mudhaffar Abdullah,, Nadia Salih,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2012
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4860/1/10%2520Jumat.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4860/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/contents.html

Potassium hydroxide (KOH)-catalyzed reactions were utilized to hydrolyze Jatropha curcas seed oil. In this study, the effect of ethanolic KOH concentration, reaction temperature and reaction time to the free fatty acid (FFA) produced were investigated. D-Optimal Design was employed to study the sign...