TY - JOUR AB - Biodiesel is an potential fuel for diesel engine and is in demand nowdays due to several factors including price stability, limited reserve of carbon fuel, and environmental issue. Jatropha is one of the potential feedstock for biodiesel production due to its high oil content (about 40 - 65 %). It is nonedible, therefore it will not compete with food for fuel. In this study, transesterification process is chosen to transform Jatropha crude oil to fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) or biodiesel. The transesterification was carried out using microwave irradiation with homogenous catalyst. Effects of various parameters such as catalyst ratio of (24%) NaOH, reaction time (3-9 minutes) and solvent molarity ratio (1:16, 24 and 30) on conversion have been studied. The FAME conversion was determined using gas chromatography following the ASTM D 6584 method. Compare with the conventional heating method, the process using microwaves irradiation has effectively shortened the reaction time. The optimum FAME production conversion is 86.3%. AD - Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Dept Chem & Proc Engn, Bangi 43600, Selangor DE, Malaysia AN - WOS:000262948900043 AU - Yaakob, Z. AU - Sukarman, I. S. AU - Kamarudin, S. K. AU - Abdullah, S. R. S. AU - Mohamed, F. J2 - Energy Environ Eng S KW - jatropha curcas LA - English N1 - Biu62 PY - 2008 SP - 235-+ ST - Production of Biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas by Microwave Irradiation T2 - Res 08: Proceedings of the 2nd Wseas/Iasme International Conference on Renewable Energy Sources TI - Production of Biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas by Microwave Irradiation UR - ://WOS:000262948900043 ID - 4493 ER -