The effects of catalysts in biodiesel production: a review

Atadashi, I.M. and Aroua, M.K. and Abdul Raman, Abdul Aziz and Sulaiman, N.M.N. (2013) The effects of catalysts in biodiesel production: a review. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 19 (1). pp. 14-26. ISSN 1226-086X, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2012.07.009.

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Abstract

Biodiesel fuel has shown great promise as an alternative to petro-diesel fuel. Biodiesel production is widely conducted through transesterification reaction, catalyzed by homogeneous catalysts or heterogeneous catalysts. The most notable catalyst used in producing biodiesel is the homogeneous alkaline catalyst such as NaOH, KOH, CH 3ONa and CH 3OK. The choice of these catalysts is due to their higher kinetic reaction rates. However because of high cost of refined feedstocks and difficulties associated with use of homogeneous alkaline catalysts to transesterify low quality feedstocks for biodiesel production, development of various heterogeneous catalysts are now on the increase. Development of heterogeneous catalyst such as solid and enzymes catalysts could overcome most of the problems associated with homogeneous catalysts. Therefore this study critically analyzes the effects of different catalysts used for producing biodiesel using findings available in the open literature. Also, this critical review could allow identification of research areas to explore and improve the catalysts performance commonly employed in producing biodiesel fuel. © 2012 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.

Item Type:	Article
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Additional Information:	Export Date: 4 November 2012 Source: Scopus Article in Press Language of Original Document: English Correspondence Address: Aroua, M.K.; Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaemail: mkaroua@um.edu.my
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Biodiesel; Production; Alkaline catalyst; Acid catalyst; Solid catalyst
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User:	Mr. Mohammed Salim Abd Rahman
Date Deposited:	14 Jan 2013 01:15
Last Modified:	21 Mar 2019 06:58
URI:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/4392

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