Transesterification for the preparation of Biodiesel from Crude Oil of Milk Bush

In this research study, biodiesel was produced via transesterification process from the crude oil of milk bush (thevetia peruviana) with methanol as alcohol. Two molar ratio 1:6 and 1:10 of oil to methanol was used to determine the conversion rate at two different temperature 45 and 60oC. Sodium hydroxide was used as catalyst at. The experiment was carried out at atmospheric pressure. The reaction was carried out in a batch- type reaction vessel. The results obtained shows that a maximum conversion of 94% of oil to methyl ester was achieved at 60oC with molar ratio 1:10 of oil to methanol. The biodiesel produced agrees with ASTM and German standards.