Biodiesel production using germinated maize seed oil

M. Sathish Kumar, Padmaja J. E

Abstract

In the present study the germinated maize seeds were dried and crushed in to powder and then the oil was extracted using alcohol. Transesterification of germinated maize seed oil was done by base catalyst like sodium methoxide. After the above reaction, distillation off excess alcohol is done to obtain crude biodiesel. Then washing was done using water to remove excess alcohol.

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