Effect of calcination temperature on the application of molybdenum trioxide acid catalyst: Screening of substrates for biodiesel production

The influence of calcination temperatures on the physical-chemical properties and catalytic performance of MoO3 catalysts, synthesized using a hydrothermal approach, was studied. We present herein a catalyst calcined at 600 °C able to convert buriti, babassu, soybean, pequi, macauba, and waste cooking oils into biodiesel with yields over 90% under optimized conditions. In addition, the catalyst was used up to 8 times without significant...