Biodiesel production from coconut oil and methanol using heterogeneous catalyst in a packed bed reactor

• Main Author: Co, Charles Edric T.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Biomass energy; Coconut oil as fuel; Transesterification; Catalysts; Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/6918
• Institution: De La Salle University

The most common method used in the production of biodiesel uses homogeneous sodium hydroxide catalyst which gives high reaction rate and conversion; nevertheless, problems such as saponification and catalyst consumption often come with this method. Hence, studies were conducted using heterogeneous c...