Transesterification of trimethylolpropane and rapeseed oil methyl ester to environmentally acceptable lubricants

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1557-1563

  Uosukainen, Esa ^a   Linko, Yu Yen ^a   Lämsä, Merja ^b   Tervakangas, Tommi ^a   Linko, Pekka ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Raisio Oyj   (Finland)

Author keywords

2 ethyl 2 (hydroxymethyl) 1,3propanediol; Biocatalysis; Hydraulic oil; Lipase; Lubricant; Rapeseed oil; Transesterification; Trimethylolpropane

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; FRICTION; HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; METHANOL; OILS AND FATS; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

BIOCATALYSIS; ETHYLHYDROXYMETHYLPROPANEDIOL; LIPASE; METHYL ESTER; TRANSESTERIFICATION; TRIMETHYLPROPANE;

LUBRICANTS;

EID: 0032202367     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-998-0094-8     Document Type: Article

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