Transesterification of fish oil to produce fatty acid ethyl esters using ultrasonic energy

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1045-1052

  Armenta, Roberto E ^a,b   Vinatoru, Mircea ^a,c   Burja, Adam M ^b   Kralovec, Jaroslav A ^b   Barrow, Colin J ^b  

^a PEI Food Technology Centre   (Canada)

^b Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd   (Canada)

^c ReEnergy LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Base catalysts; Fatty acid ethyl esters; Fish oil; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Transesterification; Ultrasonic energy

Indexed keywords

ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; MIXING; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

BASE CATALYSTS; FATTY ACID ETHYL ESTERS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; TRANSESTERIFICATION; ULTRASONIC ENERGY;

VEGETABLE OILS;

EID: 35648961928     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-007-1129-2     Document Type: Article

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