TY - JOUR AB - How to dispose large amounts of free fatty acids of the desilked silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) pupae oil in a suitable way have attracted considerable attention. The feasibility of biodiesel production from the desilked silkworm pupae oil using Na2O center dot SiO2 center dot 5H(2)O as a solid base catalyst was investigated, and the experimental conditions (i. e. molar ratio of methanol to oil, catalyst concentration, reaction time and reaction temperature) were studied. The experimental results indicated that Na2O center dot SiO2 center dot 5H(2)O possesses high catalytic activity towards the synthesis of biodiesel from the desilked silkworm pupae oil. The methyl esters conversion of up to 73 % for free fatty acids of the desilked silkworm pupae oil was achieved using the following reaction conditions: catalyst concentration 5 %, the molar ratio of methanol to oil 6:1, reaction temperature 70 degrees C, and retention time 8 h. Therefore, the desilked silkworm pupae oil is proved to be a new biodiesel source in a more sustainable way. AD - Jiangsu Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Biol & Chem Engn, Zhenjiang 212018, Peoples R China AN - WOS:000322420400142 AU - Gu, S. S. AU - Wang, J. AU - Pang, N. AU - Wang, F. Q. AU - Li, C. AU - Wu, F. A. DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.634-638.711 J2 - Adv Mater Res-Switz KW - biodiesel LA - English N1 - Bgd41 PY - 2013 SN - 1022-6680 SP - 711-715 ST - Biodiesel Production from Silkworm Pupae Oil Using Solid Base Catalyst T2 - Advances in Chemical, Material and Metallurgical Engineering, Pts 1-5 TI - Biodiesel Production from Silkworm Pupae Oil Using Solid Base Catalyst UR - ://WOS:000322420400142 VL - 634-638 ID - 8735 ER -