Transesterification of soybean oil using combusted oyster shell waste as a catalyst

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Transesterification of used edible and non-edible oils to alkyl esters by Aspergillus sp. as a whole cell catalyst

✍ Dr. Ranjana Prakash; Satnam S. Aulakh 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 242 KB

## Abstract __Aspergillus__ sp. (MTCC 5436), isolated from contaminated clarified butter was used as a whole cell catalyst for transesterification of oils from different sources. The strain was observed to be tolerant and grow in 90% oil as carbon source. Oils of Jathropa, karanj and spent cottonse