Production of biodiesel from sludge palm oil by esterification using P-toluenesulfonic acid

• Main Authors: Hayyan, Adeeb, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Mohd Siran , Yosri, Mohd. Hakimi , Noor Irma Nazashida
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology; TP315 Fuel
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/5542/1/Adeeb_to_UPM_conference.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/5542/; http://www.itma.upm.edu.my/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Sludge palm oil (SPO) is an attractive feedstock and a significant raw material for biodiesel production. The use of SPO as feedstock for biodiesel production requires additional pretreatment step to transesterification process, which is an esterification process. The most commonly preferred catalys...