“…In these cases, Amberlyst 45 disperses well in the biphasic reaction mixture and mass transfer shall not limit the reaction, as previously observed for Amberlyst 15 (Boz et al, 2015). For acid-catalyzed transesterification, commonly, high alcohol loadings are needed (Boz et al, 2015;Alves et al, 2018;Cabrera-Munguia et al, 2018;Bernardes Costa et al, 2019;Kurhade et al, 2019;Silva et al, 2019;Syazwani et al, 2019;Wang et al, 2019;Andrade et al, 2020), and under this condition, Amberlyst 45 appears to be a more adequate catalyst for ethanolysis than methanolysis (Figure 4). This can represent great advantages in countries with a large production of bioethanol, such as the USA and Brazil, which happen to be also the largest producers of biodiesel (Biofuel.org.uk, 2010;Gallo et al, 2014).…”