Abstract
Biodiesel in recent times serves as a better alternative to petro-diesel with waste cooking oil as one of its cheapest feedstocks. The catalytic properties of 10 wt. % of mixed metal oxide of Ti02-supported-ZnC> catalyst for the conversion of modeled waste cooking oil into biodiesel were investigated at 100, 150 and 200°C in the presence of methanol and hexane co-solvents. The conversion was found to increase with reaction time and temperature. A utilization of hexane co- solvent was found to be of positive effect and increases the rate of trans-esterification reaction producing higher biodiesel yields in small times of reaction. The effect of temperature on transesterification reaction allows the estimation of the apparent activation energy that was found to be ca. 22.468±0.97S kJ/mol.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | WCECS 2015 - World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2015 |
Editors | Craig Douglas, Jon Burgstone, Warren S. Grundfest, Jon Burgstone, Craig Douglas, S. I. Ao |
Publisher | Newswood Limited |
Pages | 589-592 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Volume | 2220 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789881404725 |
Publication status | Published - Jan 1 2015 |
Event | 2015 World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, WCECS 2015 - San Francisco, United States Duration: Oct 21 2015 → Oct 23 2015 |
Other
Other | 2015 World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, WCECS 2015 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | San Francisco |
Period | 10/21/15 → 10/23/15 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Computer Science (miscellaneous)