Supercritical Transesterification of Palm Oil and Hydrated Ethanol in a Fixed Bed Reactor with a CaO/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Catalyst

Supercritical Transesterification of Palm Oil and Hydrated Ethanol in a Fixed Bed Reactor with a CaO/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Catalyst

Biodiesel production from palm oil and hydrated ethanol in a fixed bed reactor using CaO/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> as the catalyst was investigated and optimized using response surface methodology. The investigated parameters were temperature...

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Main Authors: Ruengwit Sawangkeaw, Pornicha Tejvirat, Chawalit Ngamcharassrivichai, Somkiat Ngamprasertsith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-04-01
Series:Energies
Subjects:
biodiesel
fuel properties
hydrated ethanol
supercritical transesterification
calcium oxide
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/5/4/1062

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