Direct conversion of apricot seeds into biodiesel

Minyoung KIM, Dongho CHOI, Jee Young KIM, Sungyup JUNG, Yiu Fai TSANG, Kun-Yi Andrew LIN, Eilhann E. KWON

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Abstract

Using edible lipids for biodiesel production has been criticized, causing biodiesel production from inedible food resources to be desirable. Lipid extraction must be prioritized to produce biodiesel using an acid/base-catalyzed transesterification process, but this conversion process suffers from technical reliability. Therefore, this study introduced non-catalytic conversion of oil-bearing biomass into biodiesel. Apricot seeds were used as a model compound (oil content 44.3 wt%). The non-catalytic transesterification of apricot seed oil recovered 98.28 wt% biodiesel at 360 °C for 1 min, while alkali-catalysis of apricot seed oil recovered 91.84 wt% at 63 °C for 60 min. The direct conversion of apricot seeds into biodiesel was attempted. The trends in the yields of biodiesel from apricot seeds and seed oil obtained by non-catalytic transesterification as a function of reaction temperature were similar. The yield of biodiesel from apricot seed was 43.06 wt%, suggesting that 97.20 wt% of lipids were converted into biodiesel. Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Article number130339
JournalBioresource Technology
Volume395
Early online dateJan 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2024

Citation

Kim, M., Choi, D., Kim, J. Y., Jung, S., Tsang, Y. F., Lin, K.-Y. A. & Kwon, E. E. (2024). Direct conversion of apricot seeds into biodiesel. Bioresource Technology, 395, Article 130339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130339

Keywords

  • Carbon neutrality
  • Waste valorization
  • Renewable energy
  • Biofuel
  • Biodiesel

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