TY - JOUR AB - The depletion of fossil fuels has caused the price of petroleum to rise remarkably and created need for alternative energy such as biodiesel. In the present study, the biodiesel was produced from castor oil using ferromagnetic zinc oxide nanocomposite as heterogeneous catalyst for transesterification reaction. Single phase of nanocatalyst were confirmed by X-Ray Diffraction analysis. The spherical shape of the aggregated nanocatalyst was observed in Scanning Electron Microscopy. Magnetic properties were analysed using vibrating sample magnetometer. Atomic Force Microscopic analysis revealed the larger surface area and roughness of nanocatalyst. The biodiesel yield of 91% (w/w) was obtained in 50 min at 55 degrees C with 14 wt % catalyst loading and 12:1 methanol/oil ratio and was confirmed by Gas chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer. The result showed that the iron (II) doped ZnO nanocatalyst is a promising catalyst for the production of biodiesel via heterogeneous catalytic transesterification under milder reaction conditions. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AD - St Josephs Coll Engn, Dept Biotechnol, Madras 600119, Tamil Nadu, India AN - WOS:000381536600015 AU - Baskar, G. AU - Soumiya, S. DA - Dec DO - 10.1016/j.renene.2016.02.068 J2 - Renew Energ KW - heterogeneous catalyst LA - English N1 - Sp. Iss. SI PY - 2016 SN - 0960-1481 SP - 101-107 ST - Production of biodiesel from castor oil using iron (II) doped zinc oxide nanocatalyst T2 - Renewable Energy TI - Production of biodiesel from castor oil using iron (II) doped zinc oxide nanocatalyst UR - ://WOS:000381536600015 VL - 98 ID - 12240 ER -