Decanter Cake as a Feedstock for Biodiesel Production: A First Report
Decanter cake (DC), with an oil content of 11.5 ± 0.18 wt.%, was subjected to ultrasound-aided transesterification using boiler ash as a base catalyst, petroleum ether and hexane as co-solvents. Optimization work revealed that at MeOH:oil mass ratio of 6:1 and 2.3 wt.% catalyst (based on DC weight)...
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Elsevier
2013
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| Online Access: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3895/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3895/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3895/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3895/1/fist-2013-gaanty-decanter_cake_as_abs_only.pdf |