Research Article
Sanjay Basumatary1 and Dibakar
Abstract
Pithecellobium monadelphum Kosterm oil was extracted and transesterification was carried out using methanol as the solvent in presence of a catalyst to produce biodiesel. Fatty acid methyl esters in biodiesel prepared from Pithecellobium monadelphum seed oil was analyzed by IR, NMR and GC-MS. The biodiesel consists of 29.44 wt.% of methyl palmitate (C16:0), 38.91 wt.% of methyl linoleate (C18:2), 18.77 wt.% of methyl oleate (C18:1), 6.85 wt.% of methyl stearate (18:0), 2.87 wt.% of methyl arachidate (C20:0) and 3.13 wt.% of methyl behenate (C22:0).