Transesterification of soybean oil to biodiesel using CaO as a solid base catalyst

• Published in: Fuel (Guildford) Vol. 87; no. 2; pp. 216 - 221
• Main Authors: Liu, Xuejun, He, Huayang, Wang, Yujun, Zhu, Shenlin, Piao, Xianglan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2008; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Biodiesel; Biomass; Calcium oxide; Energy; Exact sciences and technology; Natural energy; Solid base catalyst; Soybean oil; Transesterification; Solid base catalyst; Calcium oxide; Transesterification; Soybean oil; Biodiesel; Experimental result; Diesel fuel; Water content; Reaction mechanism; Biofuel; Catalyst; Methanol

In this study, transesterification of soybean oil to biodiesel using CaO as a solid base catalyst was studied. The reaction mechanism was proposed and the separate effects of the molar ratio of methanol to oil, reaction temperature, mass ratio of catalyst to oil and water content were investigated....