Enzymatic biodiesel production: Technical and economical considerations

European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 692-700

  Nielsen, Per Munk ^a   Brask, Jesper ^a   Fjerbaek, Lene ^b  

^a NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Fatty acid alkyl esters; Immobilized enzyme; Lipase; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

EID: 54549084559     PISSN: 14387697     EISSN: 14389312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.200800064     Document Type: Review

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