Transesterification of waste frying oils using ZnAl2O 4 as heterogeneous catalyst

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 1928-1945

  Alves, C T ^a,b   De Oliveira, A S ^a   Carneiro, S A V ^a   Santos, R C D ^b   Vieira De Melo, S A B ^a   Andrade, H M C ^a   Marques, F C ^b   Torres, E A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Heterogeneous catalysis; Waste frying oils; Zinc aluminate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884593940     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.07.589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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