Methanolysis of Carica papaya Seed Oil for Production of Biodiesel

Table 2

Fuel properties of biodiesel from C. papaya seed oil compared with others.

Parameters		BOME^b	LSOME^c	Diesel^b,d	ASTM B100^e
Specific gravity	0.840	0.860	ND	0.840	0.86–0.90
Kinematic viscosity 313 K (mm^2s^−1)	3.57	3.98	3.36	2.60	1.9–6.0
Copper strip corrosion	No. 3	ND	ND	ND	No. 3
Flash Point (K)	389	348	449	325	403
Pour point (K)	274	270.5	ND	231	278
Cloud point (K)	275	ND	ND	247	278
Sulphated ash content (%)	0.02	0.017	0.01	0.01	0.02
Cetane number	77.3				47

This study. Mean value of triplicate analysis. Deshmukh and Bhuyar (2009) [2]. Demirbas (2009) [1]. ASTM 975, ^eASTM 6751-03a.