Prediction of Biodiesel Production from Sardine Fish Oil Methyl Ester Using Microwave Assisted Transesterification Method Using Response Surface Methodology

The demonstration of producing biodiesel from fish oil using microwave with considerable reduction in the amount of catalyst used during the reaction and time of reaction is presented in this study. The various parameters such as microwave power, concentration of catalyst, reaction time and molar ratio were experimentally investigated. The reaction parameters were optimized by response surface method. Molar ratio, catalyst concentration, reaction time were chosen as reaction parameters with four levels. The results from RSM model indicate that molar ratio is having the significant contribution in transesterification of fish oil to bio diesel. To confirm the results obtained confirmative experiments were done and proved to be worthy.