作者: Rachel Agnew , Ming Chai , Mingming Lu , Nancy Dendramis
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摘要: Made from vegetable oil, waste or animal fats, biodiesel fuel is renewable and nearly carbon neutral; it requires little engine modification, over time can reduce the United States' dependence on foreign oil. Over past few decades, production of has increased significantly. Here at University Cincinnati (UC), being generated fryer oil campus dining halls to diesel use enhance sustainability campus. A secondary goal this process as a real world classroom for students, K-12 teachers, interested community members wishing optimize conversion cooking biodiesel. The UC accomplished via transesterification, whereby methanol are converted, with aid catalyst sodium hydroxide, methyl esters, biodiesel, glycerol. pretreatment, titration/pilot test, full-scale production, purification processes quantitatively described here, ...