Use of calcium oxide in palm oil methyl ester production

Introducing an untreated calcium oxide (CaO) as a solid heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production from palm oil by transesterification was studied in this work. The four studied parameters were methanol to oil molar ratio, CaO catalyst concentration, reaction time, and water content. The res...

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Main Authors: Kulchanat Prasertsit, Patthanun Phoosakul, Sutham Sukmanee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Prince of Songkla University 2014-04-01
Series:Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST)
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Online Access:http://rdo.psu.ac.th/sjstweb/journal/36-2/36-2-8.pdf