Reduction of free fatty acid of waste vegetable oil by solid metal oxide catalysts

• Main Author: Chong, Bi Ling.
• Other Authors: Xu Rong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Fuel
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/18289
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In order to reduce the world’s reliance on fossil fuels for petroleum-based fuel and to minimize pollution issues caused by fuels combustion, extensive research is conducted on biodiesel (fatty acid alkyl esters) synthesis. In this study, strong solid acid WO3/ZrO2 catalyst prepared via incipient we...