Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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678942 | Biomass and Bioenergy | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Amorphous zirconia catalysts, titanium-, aluminum-, and potassium-doped zirconias, were prepared and evaluated in the transesterification of soybean oil with methanol at 250 °C, and the esterification of n-octanoic acid with methanol at 175–200 °C. Titanium- and aluminum-doped zirconias are promising solid catalysts for the production of biodiesel fuels from soybean oil because of their high performance, with over 95% conversion in both of the esterifications.
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Authors
Satoshi Furuta, Hiromi Matsuhashi, Kazushi Arata,