A continuous-flow reactive distillation reactor for biodiesel preparation from seed oils

ASAE Annual International Meeting 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 6623-6633

  Singh, Arvinder P ^a   Thompson, Joe C ^a   Brian He, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Reactive Distillation; Seed Oils; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CATALYSTS; DISTILLATION; ESTERIFICATION; GLYCEROL; VEGETABLE OILS; VISCOSITY;

BIODIESEL; REACTIVE DISTILLATION; SEED OILS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

SEED;

ALCOHOLS; CATALYSTS; DISTILLATION; ESTERIFICATION; GLYCEROL; SEEDS; VEGETABLE OIL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 30044450940     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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