MICROWAVE IRRADIATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE PROCESS FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION USING MACAUBA OIL (Acrocomia aculeata)
Macauba is an oleaginous palm tree widely found in Brazil. Its productive potential can reach 6000 kg of oil per hectare. In this study, crude vegetable oil was mechanically extracted from the mesocarp (pulp) of fresh Macauba fruit and subjected to physical-chemical determinations to analyse the fol...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)
2016-08-01
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| Series: | The Journal of Engineering and Exact Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufv.br/ojs/jcec/article/view/2175 |