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Scientists at the Brown University have streamlined the conversion of waste vegetable oil into biodiesel, eliminating the need for corrosive chemicals to perform the reactions.
Jason Sello and post-doctoral researcher Aaron Socha said they could pull off the waste vegetable oil-to-biodiesel conversion in a single-reaction vessel using environment-friendly catalysts, making the conversion six times faster than current methods, thus consuming less energy.
"We wanted to develop an environmentally benign and technically simple way to convert waste vegetable oil into biodiesel," said Sello, assistant professor of chemistry. "The production of energy at the expense of the environment is untenable and should be avoided at all costs."
Waste vegetable oil is made up of triacylglycerols, free fatty acids, and water. The conventional way to convert it into biodiesel requires two separate reactions.
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Jason Sello and post-doctoral researcher Aaron Socha said they could pull off the waste vegetable oil-to-biodiesel conversion in a single-reaction vessel using environment-friendly catalysts, making the conversion six times faster than current methods, thus consuming less energy.
"We wanted to develop an environmentally benign and technically simple way to convert waste vegetable oil into biodiesel," said Sello, assistant professor of chemistry. "The production of energy at the expense of the environment is untenable and should be avoided at all costs."
Waste vegetable oil is made up of triacylglycerols, free fatty acids, and water. The conventional way to convert it into biodiesel requires two separate reactions.
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