Roxana Sanziana Jidveian

Mrs. Roxana Sanziana Jidveian


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

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11 March 2024 in Energies
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CRCristian Eugen Raducanu
Cristian Eugen Raducanu
TDTanase Dobre
Tanase Dobre
Dan Eduard MihaiescuDan Eduard Mihaiescu
Dan Eduard Mihaiescu
AMAlina Moroșan
Alina Moroșan
RJRoxana Sanziana Jidveian
Roxana Sanziana Jidveian
Bogdan TricaBogdan Trica
Bogdan Trica
Green catalysts used in the transesterification reaction of biodiesel must have biodegradability and non-toxicity as their main characteristics, being thus friendly to the environment, since they perform in processes in which the content of CO2, which is increasing from year to year, should be reduced. As a consequence, their manufacture can be extremely rigorous. This work presents the two-step construction, synthesis, and deposition of such a green heterogeneous catalyst and its testing in the catalysis of the transesterification of triglycerides with methanol, resulting in methyl esters. A CSTR-type reactor was used to perform transesterification, and the biodiesel yields obtained had values in the range of 91.7–95.7%, using 2, 3, and 4 g/g catalyst to oil, under conditions like those for obtaining commercial biodiesel in homogeneous catalysis, i.e., a 65 °C process temperature and a 4:1, 5:1 or 6:1 methanol-to-oil molar ratio.