Conversion of palm oil sludge to biodiesel using alum and KOH as catalysts

Conversion of palm oil sludge was studied by esterification and transesterification which used methanol as a reactant. The esterification of palm oil sludge was performed by variation of molar ratios of methanol to palm oil sludge (5:1, 10:1, 15:1, 20:1, and 25:1) and percentages of alum catalyst (3...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Rut Novalia Rahmawati Sianipar, Dahlena Ariyani, Iryanti Fatyasari Nata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Sustainable Environment Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468203917300705