Biodiesel Production from Beef Tallow Using Alkali-Catalyzed Transesterification

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-47

  Fadhil, Abdelrahman B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Beef tallow waste; Biodiesel; Blending evaluation; Single step catalyzed transesterification; Two step catalyzed transesterification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871980408     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-012-0418-8     Document Type: Article

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