• Login
    View Item 
    •   Mak UD Home
    • College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS)
    • School of Physical Sciences (Phys-Sciences)
    • School of Physical Sciences (Phys-Sciences) Collection
    • View Item
    •   Mak UD Home
    • College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS)
    • School of Physical Sciences (Phys-Sciences)
    • School of Physical Sciences (Phys-Sciences) Collection
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Evaluation of the quality of biodiesel produced from water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Undergraduate thesis (455.5Kb)
    Date
    2021-01-22
    Author
    Tumukunde, Brian
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    This study aimed at evaluating the quality of biofuel and other active compounds from the invasive water hyacinth. The water hyacinth samples were collected from Lake Victoria and the biofuel (biodiesel and bioethanol) was produced from the water hyacinth oil extract. The biofuel lipids were determined in addition to physio-chemically characteristics of the produced biodiesel. The obtained results indicated that, water hyacinth samples showed variable lipid contents (10.45%), which by transesterification produced biodiesels (6.36%) and sediment (pigments+glycerol). The pH (6) of the produced biodiesel was also determined. This study has shown that the amount of oil from water hyacinth ranges from 5.6% to 10.45% and the percentage yield is 3.36%.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/10379
    Collections
    • School of Physical Sciences (Phys-Sciences) Collection

    DSpace 5.8 copyright © Makerere University 
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV
     

     

    Browse

    All of Mak UDCommunities & CollectionsTitlesAuthorsBy AdvisorBy Issue DateSubjectsBy TypeThis CollectionTitlesAuthorsBy AdvisorBy Issue DateSubjectsBy Type

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    DSpace 5.8 copyright © Makerere University 
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV