Potential biofuel additive from renewable sources - Kinetic study of formation of butyl acetate by heterogeneously catalyzed transesterification of ethyl acetate with butanol

► Butyl acetate from transesterification of butanol and ethyl acetate. ► Kinetics studied over Amberlite IR 120 and Amberlyst 15. ► Amberlite IR 120 is a better catalyst than Amberlyst 15. ► Kinetics over Amberlite IR 120 best correlated with Langmuir Hinshelwood model. ► Kinetics over Amberlyst 15 best correlated with Popken model.