Ionic liquid as a promising biobased green solvent in combination with microwave irradiation for direct biodiesel production

• Main Authors: Wahidin, Suzana, Idris, Ani, Muhamad Shaleh, Sitti Raehanah
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2016
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/72730/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84956692620&doi=10.1016%2fj.biortech.2016.01.084&partnerID=40&md5=3886079c71b2c4d3e88dcd6605908c34

The wet biomass microalgae of Nannochloropsis sp. was converted to biodiesel using direct transesterification (DT) by microwave technique and ionic liquid (IL) as the green solvent. Three different ionic liquids; 1-butyl-3-metyhlimidazolium chloride ([BMIM][Cl], 1-ethyl-3-methylimmidazolium methyl s...