Dhivakar Govindarajan

Single-step conversion of waste cooking oil to biodiesel via a bifunctional calcium phosphotungstate heterogeneous catalyst

This study reports the development and evaluation of a bifunctional heterogeneous calcium phosphotungstate catalyst [Ca3(PW12O40)2], designed for effective single-step biodiesel production from waste cooking oil (WCO) subsequent to a pretreatment phase. The catalyst was synthesiz...