Soybean oil transesterification: Study of using Nb2O5.xH2O as catalyst in biodiesel production
<p><em>Economic and environmental reasons show a trend towards replacing fossil fuels with biofuels such as those from triglycerides. Biodiesel can be obtained from vegetable oils and animal fat through several processes such as transesterification, esterification, usually with methanol,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
2012-06-01
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Series: | Orbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistry |
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Online Access: | http://orbital.ufms.br/index.php/Chemistry/article/view/319 |