Highly efficient procedure for the synthesis of biodiesel from soybean oil

Xuezheng Liang, Shan Gao, Haihong Wu, Jianguo Yang*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The novel efficient procedure has been developed for the synthesis of biodiesel from soybean oil and methanol. K2CO3 supported on MgO has been selected as the most efficient catalyst for the reaction with the yield of 99%. Operational simplicity, low cost of the catalyst used, high yields, short reaction time and reusability are the key features of this methodology.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)701-704
Number of pages4
JournalFuel Processing Technology
Volume90
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2009

Keywords

  • Biodiesel
  • Efficient
  • Heterogeneous
  • Transesterification

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