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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Main Authors: Deborah A. dos Santos, Valdemar Lacerda Júnior, Sandro José Greco, Reginaldo B. Santos, Álvaro Cunha Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul 2012-06-01
Series:Orbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistry
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Online Access:http://orbital.ufms.br/index.php/Chemistry/article/view/319