Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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686636 | Bioresource Technology | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The transesterification of soybean oil with methanol to methyl esters was carried out using NaX zeolites loaded with KOH as a solid base catalyst. Best result was obtained with NaX zeolite loaded with 10% KOH, followed by heating at 393 K for 3 h. When the transesterification reaction was carried out at reflux of methanol (338 K), with a 10:1 molar ratio of methanol to soybean oil, a reaction time of 8 h and a catalyst amount of 3 wt.%, the conversion of soybean oil was 85.6%.
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Authors
Wenlei Xie, Xiaoming Huang, Haitao Li,