- Title
- Biodiesel production from waste vegetable oils over MgO/Al2O3 catalyst
- Creator
- Sithole, Thembi, Jalama, Kalala, Meijboom, Reinout
- Subject
- Waste vegetable oils, Biodiesel fuels industry, Vegetable oils as fuel, Vegetable oils - Industrial applications
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- uj:5029
- Identifier
- ISSN 1662-7482
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13549
- Description
- MgO/Al2O3 catalysts with 10 and 20 wt.% MgO loadings have been prepared by incipient wetness impregnation method. A low-surface area alumina with small pore sizes was used as catalyst support to stabilise most of the MgO particles on the external surface area of the support. The prepared catalysts were subsequently tested in the conversion of a waste vegetable oil to biodiesel. The waste vegetable oil conversion was found to increase with the increase in reaction temperature, reaction time and MgO loading in the catalyst.
- Publisher
- Scientific.net
- Rights
- © 2014, Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
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