Biodiesel production from crude jatropha oil using a highly active heterogeneous nanocatalyst by optimizing transesterification reaction parameters

• Main Authors: ANR, Reddy, Saleh, A. A., Islam, Md. Saiful, Hamdan, S., Maleque, Md. Abdul
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications 2016
• Subjects: TJ163.26 Energy conservation; TJ807 Renewable energy sources; TP200 Manufacture and use of chemicals; TP315 Fuel
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/49707/1/P107_2015_ACS_Saleh.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/49707/4/49707_Biodiesel%20Production_wos_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/49707/; http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01899?journalCode=enfuem

Various heterogeneous catalysts are often used to produce biodiesel from non-edible crude oils. In this study a highly active heterogeneous calcium oxide (CaO) nanocatalyst with a diameter and surface area of 66 ± 3 nm and 90.61 m2/g, respectively, was synthesized from Polymedosa erosa (P. erosa) s...