Affiliation:
1. National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and
Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, State-Local Joint Laboratory for
Comprehensive Utilization of Biomass, Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University,
Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Abstract
Biofuels, a promising form of renewable energy, have the potential to
replace fossil fuels and mitigate the impact of greenhouse gas emissions. In the
presence of a catalyst, biodiesel, which is a biofuel, is produced through the process of
transesterification by combining vegetable oils or animal fats with methanol or ethanol.
The use of appropriate catalysts can improve the production efficiency of biodiesel,
shorten the production time, and reduce the occurrence of side reactions. This chapter
introduces different kinds of solid acid catalysts in the catalytic production of biodiesel,
especially the advantages of the simultaneous catalytic esterification and
transesterification reaction to produce biodiesel. This chapter introduces various solid
acid catalysts used in the catalytic production of biodiesel, especially the advantages of
simultaneous catalytic esterification and transesterification to produce biodiesel, as
well as the challenges faced by current research.<br>
Publisher
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS