Progress on modified calcium oxide derived waste-shell catalysts for biodiesel production

• Main Authors: Ooi, Hui Khim, Koh, Xin Ning, Ong, Hwai Chyuan, Lee, Hwei Voon, Mastuli, Mohd Sufri, Taufiq-Yap, Yun Hin, Alharthi, Fahad A., Alghamdi, Abdulaziz Ali, Mijan, Nurul Asikin
• Format: Article
• Published: MDPI 2021
• Subjects: QC Physics; QD Chemistry; TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/34241/

The dwindling of global petroleum deposits and worsening environmental issues have triggered researchers to find an alternative energy such as biodiesel. Biodiesel can be produced via transesterification of vegetable oil or animal fat with alcohol in the presence of a catalyst. A heterogeneous catal...