Research Article

Two-Stage Conversion of High Free Fatty Acid Jatropha curcas Oil to Biodiesel Using Brønsted Acidic Ionic Liquid and KOH as Catalysts

Table 4

Fatty acid composition of final biodiesel.

FAMEs composition Structure Fatty acids (wt%)

Methyl palmitate C16:0 16.08
Methyl palmitoleate C16:1 0.77
Methyl stearate C18:0 11.04
Methyl cleate C18:1 46.50
Methyl linoleate C18:2 25.61