California State University, Sacramento

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Chemistry

Ultrasonic-Assisted Preparation of Biodiesel Products from Vegetable Oils

Xisen Wang¹, Matthew Chrzanowski¹, Yujuan Liu¹

¹Department of Chemistry, California State University, Sacramento

A safe ultrasonic-assisted transesterification method for vegetable oils using an alkaline catalyst is presented here. The method is rapid and efficient for preparing pure biodiesel products.