Thin layer chromatography and image analysis to detect glycerol in biodiesel

Fuel

Volumn 87, Issue 15-16, 2008, Pages 3369-3372

  Bansal, Karan ^a   McCrady, Jonathan ^a   Hansen, Alan ^a   Bhalerao, Kaustubh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Glycerol; Image analysis; Thin layer chromatography

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; CHEMICALS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLYCEROL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; STANDARDS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; DETECTION LIMIT (DL); ELSEVIER (CO); FINAL PRODUCTS; HIGH-PRESSURE LIQUID; THIN LAYERING; TRIGLYCERIDES (TG);

HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 48049102782     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2008.04.033     Document Type: Article

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