Reaction kinetics of transesterification between vegetable oil and methanol under supercritical conditions

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 681-688

  Cheng, Jian ^a   Li, Y ^a   He, S ^a   Shen, W ^b   Liu, Y ^b   Song, Y ^b  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Methyl esters; Supercritical methanol; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIODIESEL; ESTERS; METHANOL; REACTION KINETICS; VEGETABLE OILS;

METHYL ESTERS; SUPERCRITICAL METHANOL;

TRANSESTERIFICATION;

EID: 40449137319     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567030601082084     Document Type: Article

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