Characterization of microwave-assisted sulfonated glucose catalyst for esterification of palm fatty acid distillate to biodiesel

• Main Authors: Saimon, N. N., Hassan, Z. H., Jusoh, M., Ngadi, N., Aziz, M. A. A., Zakaria, Z. Y.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC 2019
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90302/1/NurNazlinaSaimon2019_CharacterizationofMicrowaveAssisted.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90302/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3303/CET1972063

This study was carried out to solve the problem involving catalyst usage by practicing a heterogeneous solid acid catalyst, which require a low-cost production, easy preparation process, high effectiveness, environmental friendly and suitable to be used in the esterification process involving waste...