Synthesis of heterogenous catalyst from clay Department:Industrial Chemistry By: Ziggerzillion Project ID: 7707 Rating: (5.0) votes: 1 Price:₦4000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractBiodiesel has not been competing favorably well economically with petrol diesel due to high cost of production. In this work, the the potential and possibility of producing a lower-cost biodiesel using modified kaolinite clay as a heterogeneous acid catalyst. Kaolinite clay sourced from Kankara town in Katsina State was beneficiated, calcined and acidified to produce the catalyst. The catalyst was characterized using X-ray Fluorescence(XRF), X-ray Diffraction(XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy(SEM). The effect of the following variables namely: Silica to alumina mass ratio, reaction temperature, methanol to oil ratio, reaction time and catalyst dosage were studied. The catalyst was found to retain its catalytic properties even after reuse for four runs....Preview Download Preview +Other Industrial Chemistry project topics and materials you might be interested in»Assessment of the phytochemical constituents and proximate composition of African pear»Assessment of potassium bromate in bread produced from Aba metropolis»Extraction of phenolic content, antioxidant, antibacterial activities, and TLC analysis of Basil (Basil Ocimum Basilicum), Thyme (Thymus Vulgaris) and Parsely (Petroselinum Crispum)»Extraction, total phenolic content, antioxidant, antibacterial activities and tlc analysis of basil (Ocimum Basilicum), thyme (Thymus Vulgaris), parsely (Petroselinum Crispum)»Synthesis of heterogenous catalyst from clay