Purification of biodiesel using activated carbons produced from spent tea waste

Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-49

  Fadhil, Abdelrahman B ^a   Dheyab, Mohammed M ^a   Abdul Qader, Abdul Qader Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Activated carbons; Biodiesel; Fuel properties; Spent tea waste; Waste cooking oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859713598     PISSN: 18153852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaubas.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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