Mg/Al hydrotalcite catalyst for biodiesel production in continuous packed bed reactors

The performances of a commercial Mg/Al hydrotalcite (Pural (c) MG76) in biodiesel production have been tested in an autoclave and in a continuous packed bed reactor. The obtained results have shown that calcined Mg/Al hydrotalcite (Pural c MG76) is a promising heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production because is sufficiently active, deactivates slowly and can easily be regenerated. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.