Valorization of used cooking oils through ionic liquid catalyzed biodiesel conversion processes Conference Paper

Biodiesel is defined as a natural and renewable substitute for fossil fuels and can be produced through the transesterification or by esterification reaction of free farry acids of a vegetable oil, animal fat or waste cooking ois, with an alcohol, usuallt methanol or ethanol in the presence of homogeneous, heterogeneous or enzymatics catalysts
Population growth has been increasing dramatically in recent decades, with approximadetly 8 billion inhabitants worldwide.

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