Microwave irradiation has been revealed as faster than thermal heating for the synthesis of methyl esters (BioDiesel) from triglycerides in the presence of heterogeneous catalysts.
The KSF and the K10 montmorillonite have turned out be the most promising of the tested heterogeneous catalysts.
The results obtained with KSF montmorillonite under microwaves are important and the utilisation of this promising catalyst could be proposed for a continuous process.