Response surface methodology: an emphatic tool for optimized biodiesel production using rice bran and sunflower oils

• Main Authors: Mumtaz, Muhammad Waseem, Adnan, Ahmad, Anwar, Farooq, Mukhtar, Hamid, Raza, Muhammad Asam, Ahmad, Farooq, Rashid, Umer
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2012
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78013/1/78013.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78013/; https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/5/9/3307

The current study describes the emphatic use of response surface methodology for the optimized biodiesel production using chemical and enzymatic transesterification of rice bran and sunflower oils. Optimal biodiesel yields were determined to be 65.3 ± 2.0%, 73.4 ± 3.5%, 96.5 ± 1.6%, 89.3 ± 2.0% and...