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Biodiesel de babaçu (Orbignya sp.) obtido por via etanólica

2007; Brazilian Chemical Society; Volume: 30; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0100-40422007000300019

ISSN

1678-7064

Autores

José Renato de Oliveira Lima, Rondenelly Brandão da Silva, Carmem Cícera Maria da Silva, Lucas Samuel Soares dos Santos, José Ribeiro dos Santos Júnior, Edmílson Miranda de Moura, Carla Verônica Rodarte de Moura,

Tópico(s)

Biodiesel Production and Applications

Resumo

BIODIESEL FROM BABASSU (Orbignya sp.) SYNTHESIZED VIA ETHANOLIC ROUTE.Biodiesel was obtained by transesterification of babassu oil in anhydrous ethanol and methanol, employing NaOH as catalyst.The products obtained were characterized by physico-chemical and thermogravimetric analysis.It could be concluded that the properties of the two types of biodiesel (ethanolic and methanolic) are very similar when compared with diesel oil.

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