Glycerolysis of fatty acid methyl esters: 1. Investigations in a batch reactor

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-90

  Negi, Devender S ^a   Sobotka, Felix ^a   Kimmel, Tobias ^a   Wozny, Günter ^a   Schomäcker, Reinhard ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diglycerides; Fatty acid methyl esters; Glycerolysis; Liquid liquid reaction; Monoglycerides; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; GLYCEROL; REACTION RATES;

DIGLYCERIDES; GLYCEROLYSIS; MONOGLYCERIDES; SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODEL; TWO-PHASE SYSTEM;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 34250637136     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-006-1009-1     Document Type: Article

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