Biodiesel production using a membrane reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 639-647

  Dube M A ^a   Tremblay, A Y ^a   Liu, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid catalyzed transesterification; Base catalyzed transesterification; Biodiesel; Methanol; Two phase membrane reactor

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; CANOLA OIL; MEMBRANE REACTORS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

CATALYSTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; METHANOL FUELS; SEPARATION; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

DIESEL FUEL; FATTY ACID ESTER; GLYCEROL; METHANOL; OIL;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; METHANOL FUELS; SEPARATION; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

BIOFUEL; BIOREACTOR; CATALYSIS; ESSENTIAL OIL; IMMISCIBILITY; MASS TRANSFER; METHANOL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; FLOW RATE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MISCIBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

BIOREACTORS; COTTONSEED OIL; GASOLINE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL;

BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 33748561864     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2006.02.019     Document Type: Article

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