Transesterification of Canola Oil to Biodiesel Using CaO/Talc Nanopowder as a Mixed Oxide Catalyst



Maleki, Hesam ORCID: 0000-0003-4639-7739, Kazemeini, Mohammad and Bastan, Farzad
(2017) Transesterification of Canola Oil to Biodiesel Using CaO/Talc Nanopowder as a Mixed Oxide Catalyst. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, 40 (10). pp. 1923-1930.

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Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>A series of heterogeneous catalysts including different molar ratios of CaO/talc was synthesized to study the transesterification reaction of canola oil and methanol under different reaction conditions. Characterization and kinetic results revealed that the activity of this catalyst was enhanced due to the increase of CaO/talc molar ratio value leading to an improvement in the biodiesel production. Moreover, the effect of various parameters on the activity of the undertaken catalysts was studied in order to determine the optimum process conditions. Leaching measurements and the durability of the CaO/talc catalyst under several reaction cycles were evaluated and proved it to be a stable catalyst.</jats:p>

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Biodiesel, CaO, talc nanopowder, Heterogeneous catalyst, Methanolysis, Talc nanoparticles
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 14 Nov 2017 15:28
Last Modified: 30 Oct 2023 23:30
DOI: 10.1002/ceat.201600579
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3012074