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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2016.54.1.64

Development of Solid Base Catalyst K2CO3/γ-Al2O3 for the Production of Biodiesel  

Sim, Yeon Ju (Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Seoul)
Kim, Jong Hoon (Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Seoul)
Kim, Eui Yong (Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Seoul)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.54, no.1, 2016 , pp. 64-69 More about this Journal
Abstract
The applications of heterogeneous catalyst have been relatively active area of research in the biodiesel process. These catalysts have the benefit of easy recovery and reusability of the catalyst. The objective of this study is to find out significant effect of calcination temperature on $K_2CO_3/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ catalytic activity in the biodiesel formation reaction. As a results, the temperature at which a catalyst was calcined had very important influence on the catalytic activity. The catalytic activity increased up to $600^{\circ}C$, but it severely decreased above the temperature. The reduction of catalyst activity at high temperature would be due to the deduction of the active sites of Al-O-K and $Al-O_2-K$.
Keywords
Biodiesel; Solid Catalyst; $K_2CO_3$;
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