Transesterification of soybean oil to biodiesel by using heterogeneous basic catalysts

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3009-3014

  Di Serio, M ^a   Ledda, M ^b   Cozzolino, M ^a   Minutillo, G ^a   Tesser, R ^a   Santacesaria, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ASER srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; ESTERIFICATION; OILS AND FATS; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TEXTURES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BIODIESEL; SOYBEAN OIL; STRUCTURAL TEXTURE; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

LIQUID FUELS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; ESTERIFICATION; LIQUID FUELS; OILS AND FATS; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TEXTURES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 33646503021     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie051402o     Document Type: Article

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