Akindele Oyetunde Okewale

Empirical Modeling and Optimization of Base Activated Ngbo Catalysts in Esterification Reaction Using Response Surface Methodology

V. N. Nwobasi, Philomena K. Igbokwe & Akindele Oyetunde Okewale · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

In this work, Box-Behnken’s Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was applied to study the esterification reaction effectiveness of base-activated Ngbo clay catalyst. The esterification was monitored based on temperature, time duration, amount of reactant, catalyst weight, and parti...