Biodiesel selective hydrogenation

This prompted us to investigate the possibility of selectively hydrogenate highly unsaturated oils, unsuitable for the production of Biodiesel, in order to improve their oxidative stability while keeping the cold properties. 

In this chapter, we report just a few selected examples of heterogeneous catalytic systems for the esterification of fatty acids and for the simultaneous esterification and transesterification of acidic oils and fats, and we discuss the use of selective hydrogenation as a tool for the production of high-quality biodiesel from non-edible raw materials. 

We have reported our work in the field of selective hydrogenation for the production of high-quality biodiesel. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only example of such a process. 

Su, M., Yang, R., Li, M., 2013. Biodiesel production from hempseed oil using alkaline earth metal oxides supporting copper oxide as bi-functional catalysts for transesterification and selective hydrogenation. Fuel 103, 398—407. Available at http //www.sciencedirect.com/ science/article/pii/S0016236112005583 (accessed 22.06.14.). 

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