Base catalyzed Transesterification with refined oils?

Question

its related to process of biodiesel production

Answer 1

I'm not sure how technical an answer you want. Try these to start with:

Wikipedia -- Biodiesel Production

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel_p...

Wikipedia -- Transesterification http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transesteri...

Biodiesel Production and Quality

http://www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/fuelf...

Transesterification of Vegetable Oils: a Review

http://www.biodieselgear.com/documentati...

Review article from the Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

Optimization of Base-Catalyzed Transesterification Reaction of Used Cooking Oil

http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi...

Abstract of an article from Energy Fuels, published by the American Chemical Society

Base Catalyzed Fast-Transesterification of Soybean Oil Using Ultrasonication

http://asae.frymulti.com/request.asp?JID...

Paper presented at the 2006 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

I hope this helps. Please let me know if you need more information.

Laura Barnes, MSLIS

Illinois Waste Management and Research Center Library

Answer 2

It basically a reaction that separates fatty acids from the oil and allows them to drop to the bottom of the tank.These fatty acids can cause some damage to diesel pumps and engines over extended periods of time... This was the biggest problem for homemade biodiesel producers. Been there done that.