Rapid microwave-assisted transesterification of yellow horn oil to biodiesel using a heteropolyacid solid catalyst

• Published in: Bioresource technology Vol. 101; no. 3; pp. 931 - 936
• Main Authors: Zhang, Su, Zu, Yuan-Gang, Fu, Yu-Jie, Luo, Meng, Zhang, Dong-Yang, Efferth, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2010; [New York, NY]: Elsevier Ltd; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biodiesel; Biofuel production; Biofuels; Biological and medical sciences; Biotechnology; Biotechnology - methods; Catalysis; Catalysts; cesium; cesium salt of 12-tungstophosphoric acid; cesium salt of dodecatungstophosphoric acid; chemistry; Energy; Energy-Generating Resources; enzymology; Esters; Esters - chemistry; fatty acid esters; fatty acid methyl esters; Fatty Acids; Fatty Acids - chemistry; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Heteropolyacid; Horns; Industrial applications and implications. Economical aspects; Methanol; Methanol - chemistry; methanolysis; methods; Methyl alcohol; microwave radiation; Microwave-assisted; Microwaves; Oils; Oils - chemistry; Optimization; phosphoric acid; physical properties; physicochemical properties; Plant Oils; Plant Oils - chemistry; renewable energy sources; Sapindaceae; Sapindaceae - enzymology; seed oils; Temperature; Time Factors; Transesterification; tungsten; Xanthoceras sorbifolia; Yellow horn; Heteropolyacid; Microwave-assisted; Transesterification; Biodiesel; Yellow horn; Microwave; Catalyst

An efficient microwave-assisted transesterification (MAT) technique was developed to prepare biodiesel from yellow horn ( Xanthoceras sorbifolia Bunge.) oil with a heteropolyacid (HPA) catalyst namely Cs 2.5H 0.5PW 12O 40. A study for optimizing the reaction conditions such as reaction temperature,...