Role of solid acid catalysts in bio diesel production.
Biodiesel is gaining importance as an alternate source of attractive fuel because of depleting fossil fuel resources. It is produced by trans-esterification, in which oil or fat reacts with a monohydric alcohol in presence of a catalyst. In the present work, trans-esterification of sunflower oil with methanol is carried out by using zirconia supported isopoly and heteropoly tungstates (HPAs) as catalysts. Effects of reaction parameters, such as catalyst types and its concentration, molar ratio of sunflower oil to methanol, reaction temperature and time, have been optimized to get higher conversion of sunflower oil and the product distribution of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) in the trans-esterfication reaction.
Department of Civil Engineering, Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot-587102, Karnataka, India.
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Shivayogimath
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Manoj Kumar
D000143:Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D056804:Biofuels; D002384:Catalysis; D004951:Esterification; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods
D000143:Acids; D056804:Biofuels