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I’m wanting to use the KOH as catalyst in biodiesel production. I’m told water interferes with the triglyceride breakdown reaction. Less water more biodiesel and less undesirable byproducts. I hoped that somebody with good chemistry knowledge could give me some insight as to whether my idea is practical. I had also read somewhere that heat dehydration works but I believe that I can speed up the process via vacuum.

Hello e everyone. I’m a noob and have limited chemistry education. I am learning the process to manufacture biodiesel. I have in my possession two 50 pound containers of Potassium Hydroxide (originally in flake fom). Unfortunately the flakes have sat a long time and have become saturated in liquid of which I believe Is water. My question is how do you remove the water from the potassium hydroxide? I have knowledge of the fact that water can be boiled at room temperature under a vacuum. So if I place the saturated potassium hydroxide under a vacuum will I remove the water and am I doing anything that could be potentially dangerous i.e. explosive or creating a chemical I wish not to create?