Elicitation and Characterization of Free Fatty Acids and Low Cost Biodiesel Production from the Seeds of Hevea Brasiliensis

The present paper describes about the elicitation and characterization of fatty acids and biodiesel production from the seeds of Hevea brasiliensis. In this study, soxhlet extraction had been used to extract, the rubber seed oil which contains high percentage of fatty acids. The extracted rubber oil was characterized using GC-MS spectrophotometer. Based on the spectral data, totally five fatty acids were identified using NIST GC-MS library. Further, the crude rubber oil was converted into biodiesel using acid-catalyzed trans-esterification reaction. Finally, the produced biodiesel was analyzed for their physicochemical properties using ASTM Standard. Index Terms—: Bio-diesel; Hevea brasiliensis; Fatty acids; GC-MS; Soxhlet's extraction; Transesterification. ——————————  ——————————