Kinetics of hydrolysis and methyl esterification for biodiesel production in two-step supercritical methanol process

Fuel

Volumn 85, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2479-2483

  Minami, Eiji ^a   Saka, Shiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Subcritical water; Supercritical methanol

Indexed keywords

ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANOL; REACTION KINETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIODIESEL; SUBCRITICAL WATER; SUPERCRITICAL METHANOL;

DIESEL FUELS;

EID: 33746399340     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2006.04.017     Document Type: Article

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