Esterification of a waste cooking oil using metal-hybrid catalysts for chemoenzymatic reactions

• Main Authors: Ramlee, Nurfadhila Nasya, Md. Illias, Rosli, Toemen, Susilawati, Abdul Manas, Nor Hasmaliana, Wan Azelee, Nur Izyan
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94380/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.02.795
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Waste cooking oil (WCO) serve as a cheap feedstocks for biodiesel production. However, the high acidity of this oil disqualifies it from using alkaline transesterification as the synthesis reaction for biodiesel production. Thus, the integration of enzymatic and chemical catalysts to form a hybrid c...