Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil (WCO) holds promise as a renewable and sustainable energy source. However, high levels of free fatty acids (FFAs) in WCO require efficient pretreatment before transesterification. Utilizing solar energy for heterogeneous catalytic reactions offers an alternative to thermal-driven processes. TiO2EFBA, synthesized via the wet impregnation method, exhibits distinctive physicochemical properties […]
In the present research work, the kinetics of sunflower oil transesterification reaction in the presence of Ba-Sr/ZSM-5 nanocatalyst which prepared using incipient wetness impregnation method was investigated. The 10wt.%Ba-Sr/ZSM-5 (Sr/Ba=3/2) nanocatalyst was calcined at 600 °C for 6 h with a heating rate of 3 ºC/min. The experimental conditions were the methanol/oil 9/1molar ratio, reaction […]
