Biodiesel production from crude Jatropha oil using a highly active heterogeneous nanocatalyst by optimizing transesterification reaction parameters

• Main Authors: Reddy, M. Amaranadha, Ahmed, Abu Saleh, Islam, Md. Saiful, Hamdan, Sinin, Maleque, Md Abdul
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16818/1/Biodiesel%20production%20from%20crude%20Jatropha%20oil%20using%20a%20highly%20active%20heterogeneous%20nanocatalyst%20by%20optimizing%20transesterification%20reaction%20parameters.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16818/; http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01899
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Various heterogeneous catalysts are often used to produce biodiesel from non-edible crude oils. In this study a highly active heterogeneous calcium oxide (CaO) nanocatalyst with a diameter and surface area of 66 ± 3 nm and 90.61 m2/g, respectively, was synthesized from Polymedosa erosa (P. erosa) se...