Peer-Reviewed Article February 29, 2016
The effects of alcohol to oil molar ratios and the type of alcohol on biodiesel production using transesterification process
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Published in: Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
Publisher: Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute • Egypt • 1110-0621 • 2090-2468
Abstract
The nature of alcohol and alcohol to oil molar ratio plays an important role on the method of biodiesel production. As a result, this paper examined different alcohols commonly used for the production of biodiesel fuel with more emphasis on methanol and ethanol. Further the different alcohol to oil molar ratios used for the production of biodiesel have been extensively discussed and reported. Also the effects of alcohol to molar ratios on biodiesel refining process and its physicochemical properties were investigated.