Transesterification of refined, bleached and deodorized coconut oil using pretreated calcium oxide calatalyst

• Main Authors: Bugay, Byron H., Jhun, Kang-Suk J., Velasquez, Jo-Marie U.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Coconut oil; Biodiesel fuels; Diesel fuels; Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/6513
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study aimed to evaluate calcium oxide as a catalyst for the conversion of coconut oil to biodiesel via the transesterification reaction with methanol. Biodiesel samples were made using a two-level full factorial design with four process variables affecting transesterification. These process var...