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cet-2973	Casallas, I.D.; Carvajal, E.; Mahecha, E.; Castrillon, C.; Gomez, H.; Lopez, C.; Malagon-Romero, D.	Pre-treatment of Waste Cooking Oils for Biodiesel Production	2018	6	.pdf	application/pdf	3557	145	49	ISBN 978-88-95608- 62-4; ISSN 2283-9216 Pre-treatment of Waste Cooking Oils for Biodiesel Production Iván Dario Casallasa, Elver Carvajala, Erika Mahechaa, Camilo Castrillóna, Hernán Gómeza, Camilo Lópezb, Dionisio Malagón-Romeroa* a Universidad Santo Tomás, GEAMEC Research Group, Bogotá, Colombia b Universidad ECCI, Bogotá, Colombia dionisiomalagon@usantotomas.edu.co Production of waste cooking oil in big cities is a problem for public health in different countries around the world. Moisture decreases the performance of the transesterification reaction, since water 385 DOI: 10.3303/CET1865065 Please cite this article as: Casallas I.D., Carvajal E., Mahecha E., Castrillon C., Gomez H., Lopez C., Malagon-Romero D., 2018, Pretreatment of waste cooking oils for biodiesel production, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 65, 385-390 DOI: 10.3303/CET1865065 reacts with alkaline catalysts to generate emulsions (Carlini et al., 2014), and displaces the equilibrium of the transesterification reaction toward the reactants, causing hydrolysis of the oil.	cache/cet-2973.pdf	txt/cet-2973.txt