Biodiesel production via transesterification of palm olein using waste mud crab (Scylla serrata) shell as a heterogeneous catalyst

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 6362-6368

  Boey, Peng Lim ^a   Maniam, Gaanty Pragas ^a   Hamid, Shafida Abd ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Crab shell; Heterogeneous catalyst; Methyl esters; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM OXIDE; CATALYST SOURCE; CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGNS; CRAB SHELL; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; MAIN COMPONENT; MASS RATIO; METHYL ESTERS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; PALM OLEIN; PARAMETRIC STUDY; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SCYLLA SERRATA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIRRING RATES; WASTE CATALYSTS;

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; BIODIESEL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CATALYSIS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; LIME; REUSABILITY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TRANSESTERIFICATION;

CATALYSTS;

BIODIESEL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM OXIDE; METHANOL; TRIOLEIN;

BIOFUEL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CATALYST; COMPOSITE; DESIGN; DIESEL; ESTER; HETEROGENEITY; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; SHELL;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRAB; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSESTERIFICATION; WASTE;

ANIMALS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BRACHYURA; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDES; PLANT OILS; TEMPERATURE; WASTE PRODUCTS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SCYLLA SERRATA;

EID: 69049108562     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.07.036     Document Type: Article

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