Research Article

Two-Stage Conversion of High Free Fatty Acid Jatropha curcas Oil to Biodiesel Using Brønsted Acidic Ionic Liquid and KOH as Catalysts

Table 2

values of the ionic liquid in water at room temperaturea.

Entry Brønsted acid [I] (%) [ ] (%)

1 Blank 1.762 100.0 0
2 [BSMIM]Cl 1.154 65.494 34.506 1.268

Concentration: 10 m mol/L; indicator: 4-nitroaniline.