Acid–base bifunctional HPA nanocatalysts promoting heterogeneous transesterification and esterification reactions

Qian Zhao, Hang Wang, Hongwei Zheng, Zhong Sun, Wei Shi, Shengtian Wang, Xiaohong Wang, Zijiang Jiang

Catalysis Science & Technology · 2013 · 54 citations · 34 references

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Abstract

A new catalytic system including acid–base bifunctional heteropolyacids (HPAs) nanocatalyst is presented, for the simultaneous transesterification of oil and esterification of free fatty acids (FFAs), to directly convert low quality feedstocks to biodiesel in a one-pot process.

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