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A feasibility investigation, transformation of industrial use micro-alumina (Al2O3) of 70 µm size to nano-alumina of 23 nm size was carried out by ball milling for 120 h. Top-down approach for ball milling is adopted for the conversion to nano from micro. Result shows that the average size of one micron is found for every sample. This is may be expected to be agglomeration or coating layer of some foreign material. To eradicate the coating, the process of leaching was adopted, and observed that it is reduced to nm size. Also, during the transesterification process, Mahua biodiesel production from Mahua vegetable oil using heterogeneous catalyst was adopted. The biodiesel obtained by using heterogeneous base catalyst was compared with homogeneous KOH catalyst and the result is about equivalent.
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Panigrahi, N., Nayak, A., Mishra, S.R. (2021). Morphology of the Alumina Nanoparticles for the Arrangement of the KF Stacked Nano–γ–Al2O3 as Catalyst for Conversion of Biomass to Fuel. In: Mahapatra, S., Shahbaz, M., Vaccaro, A., Emilia Balas, V. (eds) Advances in Energy Technology. Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8700-9_12
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