Synthesis, Characterization and Use of Alumina Doped with TiO2 and ZrO2 to Produce Biofuels from Soybean Oil by Thermal Cracking, Transesterification and Hydroesterification
Abstract:In this work, different metal oxides containing Ti, Zr and Al were prepared and characterized and their catalytic activities for cracking, transesterification, and hydroesterification reactions of soybean oil were evaluated. It is described the synthesis of the solids by co-precipitation, and their characterization by thermogravimetry, X-ray diffraction, Brunauer-Emmet-Teller surface area determination, Fourier-transformed Raman spectroscopy, and the determination of Lewis and Brønsted acid sites by pyridine a… Show more
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