Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1751310 | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2012 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The waste eggs and mollusk shells are found to be the richest sources of calcium carbonate and have been utilized for various purposes after proper treatments. When calcined at a proper temperature calcium carbonate converts into CaO, which is a metal oxide. Researchers have found that the CaO prepared from the waste shells can be used as catalyst in biodiesel production process. Utilization of waste shells as a source of CaO not only gives an opportunity to use it as catalyst but also adds value to the waste generated. In this paper a brief discussion with recent development on biodiesel production using waste shell derived solid oxide as catalyst is presented.
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Authors
Jutika Boro, Dhanapati Deka, Ashim J. Thakur,