Comparison Between the Effect of Using Methanol and Ethanol on the Quality of Biodiesel from Arjun Oi

Abstract

This research mainly focuses on studying the effect of the use of methanol and ethanol on the quality of biodiesel produced from (arjun oil) pomace oil in quantity and quality. Where the arjun oil found in the (perin) arjun resulting from the olive presses in the city of Idlib was used, and some properties of biodiesel were compared with fossil diesel such as density, viscosity and flash point, cetane-No and effusion point. Using 100 g arjun oil with a molar ratio of 1/6 (oil/alcohol), and the properties of biodiesel when using methanol were significantly better than using ethanol.