Journal
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Volume 86, Issue -, Pages 392-398Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.08.016
Keywords
Waste cooking oil; FAME; Transesterification; Montmorillonite K10; Catalyst
Funding
- Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [IRG 14-16]
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The transesterification of waste cooking oil (WCO) with methanol to produce fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) in the presence of barium-modified montmorillonite K10 (BMK10) catalyst was investigated in a batch reactor. The influence of the reaction parameters on the yield of FAME was investigated. The highest value of 83.38% was obtained with 3.5 wt% catalyst loading at 150 degrees C with a methanol: oil molar ratio of 12:1 during a reaction time of 5 h. BMK10 is a promising low-cost catalyst for the transesterification of WCO to produce FAME. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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