Effect of pretreatments and catalytic route in the quality and productivity of biodiesel obtained from secondary sludge

The production of biodiesel from waste activated sludge by the in-situ transesterification of its lipid content is studied in this work, comparing both basic and acidic catalytic routes. The acid mechanism is chosen as the optimum one, considering that the high percentage of free fatty acids strongl...

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Main Authors: Díaz, E. (Author), Faba, L. (Author), Ordóñez, S. (Author), Patiño, Y. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2021
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