Biodiesel production by sulfated mesoporous titania-silica catalysts synthesized by the sol-gel process from less expensive precursors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 215-216, Issue , 2013, Pages 600-607

  Shao, Godlisten N ^a,b   Sheikh, Rizwan ^a   Hilonga, Askwar ^a,c   Lee, Jae Eun ^a   Park, Yeung Ho ^a   Kim, Hee Taik ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c NELSON MANDELA AFRICAN INSTITUTION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Esterification; Heterogeneous catalysis; Sodium silicate; Titanium oxychloride; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC PROPERTIES; BET SURFACE AREA; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; FTIR; FTIR ANALYSIS; MESOPOROUS; MESOPOROUS COMPOSITES; METHYL ESTERS; OXYCHLORIDES; REACTION CONDITIONS; SILICA SOURCES; SODIUM SILICATE; SULFATE GROUPS; TITANIA; TITANIA SOL; TITANIA-SILICA; VIBRATION BANDS; WASTE OIL; XRD;

BIODIESEL; CALCINATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; METHANOL; OLEIC ACID; PHYSISORPTION; SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOLS; SULFURIC ACID; SYNTHETIC FUELS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84870703008     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.11.059     Document Type: Article

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