Production of biodiesel by transesterification of Jatropha oil with microwave heating

摘要

Highlights ? The reaction rate in microwave reactor was much faster than that by the conventional heating method. ? The penetration length of microwave in Jatropha seed oil was calculated to be 27cm. ? A large scale process was developed by using a continuous microwave reactor. ? This process has high conversion in a very short reaction time under mild reaction conditions. Abstract Biodiesel has attracted attention due to energ