Transesterification of croton megalocarpus oil to biodiesel over WO3 supported on silica mesoporous-macroparticles catalyst

• Main Authors: Ab. Aziz, Muhammad Arif, Puad, Khalidah, Triwahyono, Sugeng, Abd. Jalil, Aishah, Khayoon, M. S., Atabani, A. E., Ramli, Zainab, Abdul Majid, Zaiton, Prasetyoko, D., Hartanto, D.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Science Sa 2017
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology; Q Science
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/66175/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2017.02.049

The transesterification of croton megalocarpus oil with methanol to fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) was carried out using WO3 supported on silica mesoporous-macroparticles (WO3/SMP) as a heterogeneous acid catalyst. The silica mesoporous-macroparticles (SMP) and WO3/SMP were synthesized by sol-gel an...