Biodiesel by Co-processing animal fat/vegetable oil mixtures over basic heterogeneous Ca catalyst

The use of vegetable oils to produce biodiesel raises several sustainability issues, namely the fuel/food conflict. The high cost of vegetable oils and an expensive homogeneous base catalyzed process encourages the search for alternative raw materials and more efficient production processes. Biodies...

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Main Authors: Ana Paula Soares Dias, Marta Ramos, Mónica Catarino, Manuel Francisco Costa Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Cleaner Engineering and Technology
Subjects:
SBO
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666790820300124