Production of biodiesel through transesterification of Jatropha oil using KNO3/Al2O3 solid catalyst

Fuel

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 625-628

  Vyas, Amish P ^a   Subrahmanyam, N ^a   Patel, Payal A ^a  

^a NIRMA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Heterogeneous catalyst; Jatropha oil; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; CALCINATION; ESTERIFICATION; METHANOL; POTASSIUM; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

AGITATION SPEEDS; BIODIESEL PRODUCTIONS; CATALYST LOADINGS; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; JATROPHA OIL; KINETIC STUDIES; MOLAR RATIOS; MOLE RATIOS; POTASSIUM NITRATES; REACTION TEMPERATURES; REACTION TIMES; REACTION VARIABLES; SOLID BASE CATALYSTS; SOLID CATALYSTS;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 58149496350     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2008.10.033     Document Type: Article

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