Process for the production of biodiesel
AssigneePetroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
InventorsMarcio de Figueiredo PORTILHO, Edisson MORGADO, JR., Marco Antonio Santos DE ABREU
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the production of alkyl esters of carboxylic acids for use as biodiesel starting from the reaction of transesterification of triglycerides originating from oils and fats of vegetable or animal origin, which can be used individually or in mixtures with one another in any proportions, employing heterogeneous catalysis by means of protonated lamellar titanate catalysts in nanostructured form, and said forms can comprise, among in other forms, nanotubes, nanofibres or nanosheets.
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Process for the production of biodiesel, characterized in that it uses heterogeneous catalysis for the transesterification of triglycerides by catalysts based on lamellar titanates in nanostructured form.
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