Develop an efficient and sustainable process for biodiesel production via transesterfication

Alsharifi, Mariam Fares Abdulnabi

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Authors

Alsharifi, Mariam Fares Abdulnabi

Date

2020

Supervisor

Hussein Znad

Type

Thesis

Award

PhD

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Faculty

Science and Engineering

School

WASM: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80106

Collection

Curtin Theses

Abstract

In this thesis, metal mixed oxides (Li/TiO2) and chicken bone based catalysts (Li-Cb, Li/Zn-Cb) were prepared by wet impregnation method, characterized by several spectroscopic and analytical techniques, and performed in the transesterfication of fresh and waste canola oil for biodiesel production under different reaction conditions of reaction time, reaction temperature, and methanol to oil molar ratio. The Li/Zn-Cb catalyzed transesterfication process was evaluated under the ultrasonic conditions and optimized by Box Behnken Design (BBD).