PRODUCTION OF FATTY ACID METHYL ESTERS FROM AN OLIVE OIL INDUSTRY WASTE

ABSTRACT This work studies the synthesis of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) using crude olive pomace oil as raw material and zinc stearate as catalyst. Pomace oil is a non-edible by-product of olive oil production. The oil was characterized. In order to reduce the plant pigment content in the oil, t...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: M. S. Alvarez Serafini, G. M. Tonetto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering
Series:Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322019000100285&lng=en&tlng=en