Transesterification of Palm Oils Catalyzed by Ionic Liquid in Microwave Heated Reactors

Biodiesel is a renewable, carbon neutral liquid fuel produced from vegetable oils or animal fats with alcohol via catalytic transesterification reaction. Conventionally, alkaline-catalysed transesterification using convective heating takes long time to complete. Alkaline catalysts used are usually n...

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Main Authors: Sanphawat Phromphithak, Nakorn Tippayawong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. 2020-02-01
Series:Chemical Engineering Transactions
Online Access:https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/10705