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This document summarizes a study on the kinetics of producing biodiesel from Jatropha and Karanja oils using dimethyl carbonate (DMC) rather than methanol. Key findings include: 1) Maximum ester contents of 96.8% and 97.2% were achieved for Jatropha and Karanja oils respectively under optimized conditions of 9% catalyst, 10:1 DMC:oil molar ratio at 80°C for 8 hours. 2) Activation energies and pre-exponential factors for the transesterification reactions were determined to be 66.4 kJ/mol and 3.7×107 min−1

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Farah Talib

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