Production of Biodiesel from Neem Seeds Oil

Abstract

In this study Neem oil was extracted using normal hexane and giving high yield (44.37), then physico-chemical properties were determined. Due to high free fatty acid content of Neem oil (6.6), acid pretreatment process was carried out using methanol in the presense of 2% w/w H2SO4 as an acid catalyst at 60ºC. Then the resulting treated oil with low free fatty acid content (1.8) undergo alkaline tarnsesterification to produce biodiesel.