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Depletion of world petroleum resources and air pollution has led to a search for alternative sources for fossil fuel, including diesel. Because of the similarity with petro-diesel, biodiesel fuel (fatty acid methyl ester) from vegetable oils, animal fats and recycled cooking oil is considered as the best candidate for diesel fuel substitute in diesel engines. Biodiesel helps in extending engine life, improving fuel economy, decreasing air pollution and reducing reliance on foreign and fossil fuel. In this paper the effect of microwave radiation on trans-esterification of waste cooking oil (from restaurants and from industrial food processors) in presence of alkali catalyst in batch process was studied. For optimal yield ratio of oil to methanol was 1:6, 0.4 w% KOH for 200 seconds in domestic microwave oven. Later on results were compared with conventional heating process of trans-esterification. From this work it is concluded that biodiesel can be produced from waste cooking oil using microwave radiation with significant reduction in production time.

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WCO Trans-esterification microwave biodiesel alkali catalyst.

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AlSuleimani, H. K., & Dwivedi, P. B. (2015). Microwave Assisted Trans-esterification of Waste Cooking Oil in Presence of Alkali Catalyst. International Journal of Students’ Research in Technology & Management, 2(4), 145–148. Retrieved from https://mgesjournals.com/ijsrtm/article/view/127
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