Production and Characterization of Biodiesel from Palm Oil using Heterogeneous Catalyst

• Main Author: Mohd Firdaus Bin Mustafa, Mohd Firdaus
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2011
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/443/

Biodiesel is an alternative to petroleum-based conventional diesel fuel and is defined as the mono-alkyl esters of vegetable oils and animal fats. There are so many examples of raw materials that have been used to prepare biodiesel such as canola (rapeseed), cotton seed, palm, peanut, soybean, sunfl...