Transesterification of Nannochloropsis oculata microalga's oil to biodiesel using calcium methoxide catalyst

Energy

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-71

  Teo, Siow Hwa ^a   Islam, Aminul ^a   Yusaf, Talal ^c   Taufiq Yap, Yun Hin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Calcium methoxide; Heterogeneous catalyst; Nannochloropsis oculata; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIESEL; CALCIUM; CATALYSTS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOL; MICROORGANISMS; OIL SHALE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETERS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSESTERIFICATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALCIUM METHOXIDES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA; TEM (TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC-DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; TRANSESTERIFICATION REACTION;

FATTY ACIDS;

NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA;

EID: 84920856574     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.07.045     Document Type: Article

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