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CATALYSIS LETTERS
Volume 115, Issue 1-2, Pages 56-61Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10562-007-9071-3
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biodiesel; transesterification; layered double hydroxide; lithium; aluminum
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The transesterification of soybean oil to fatty acid methyl esters was studied using a calcined Li-Al layered double hydroxide catalyst. The catalyst exhibited high activity, with near quantitative oil conversion being obtained under mild conditions (reflux temperature of methanol) and short reaction times (<= 4 h). The influence of relevant parameters (catalyst calcination temperature, methanol to oil mole ratio, catalyst charge and reaction duration) was examined.
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