The effects of water on biodiesel production and refining technologies: A review

• Main Authors: Atadashi, I.M., Aroua, Mohamed Kheireddine, Abdul Raman, Abdul Aziz, Sulaiman, N.M.N.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2012
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/4390/1/Atadashi-2012-The_effects_of_water.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/4390/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2012.03.004

Presence of water during biodiesel production and purification processes, storage and use in compression ignition (diesel) engines causes problems that cannot be ignored. These problems include: difficulties in biodiesel processing especially during alkali-catalyzed transesterification process, dete...