The utilization of this waste using methanol as well as ethanol
as esterifying alcohols to produce biodiesel has been studied
[1]. Both biodiesel; methyl and ethyl esters have been
evaluated as alternative fuels for diesel engines according to
their fuel properties compared to standard diesel as well as
the performance of a diesel engine running using 50% blend
of biodiesel with regular diesel fuel. The results have proved
that the fuel obtained by esterification with methyl alcohol
having shorter chain than ethyl alcohol was more efficient as
a fuel. In this paper, two other alcohols of longer chain length
than ethanol were used being propyl and butyl alcohols. The
produced biodiesels will be assessed as fuels and compared
to regular diesel as well as those obtained using methyl and
ethyl alcohols.