Kinetics and mass transfer of free fatty acids esterification with methanol in a tubular packed bed reactor: A key pretreatment in biodiesel production

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 5113-5121

  Santacesaria, E ^a   Tesser, R ^a   Di Serio, M ^a   Guida, M ^b   Gaetano, D ^a   Garcia Agreda, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ASER SrL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; CATALYSTS; MASS TRANSFER; METHANOL; RAW MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; VEGETABLE OILS; VISCOSITY;

ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS; PACKED BED REACTOR; REACTOR MODEL; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

FATTY ACIDS;

BIODIESEL; CATALYSTS; FATTY ACIDS; MASS TRANSFER; METHANOL; RAW MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; VEGETABLE OILS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34547431999     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie061642j     Document Type: Article

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