Regeneration of geothermal-sludge based sodium silicate catalyst for transesterification of palm oil with methanol

Sodium silicate synthesized from geothermal sludge of a geothermal power plant in Indonesia was applied as a solid catalyst to catalyze transesterification reaction of palm oil with methanol. In our previous study, it has been found that the catalyst deactivated due to hydrocarbon contamination on i...

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Main Authors: I. Perdana, Lenny Lenny, I. M. Bendiyasa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Pahang Publishing 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences
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Online Access:https://journal.ump.edu.my/jmes/article/view/1082