Transesterification of soybean oil using bovine bone waste as new catalyst

• Main Authors: Siwaporn Meejoo Smith, Chutima Oopathum, Vararut Weeramongkhonlert, Christopher B. Smith, Suwilai Chaveanghong, Pradudnet Ketwong, Supakorn Boonyuen
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Chemical Engineering; Energy; Environmental Science
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/31498

Calcined bovine bone waste was employed to catalyze the transesterification reaction between soybean oil and methanol. The influence of various conditions on the efficiency of the transesterification was studied i.e. type of reactor, temperature, catalyst loading and methanol/oil ratio. The optimum...