Biodiesel production by in situ transesterification of municipal primary and secondary sludges

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1203-1210

  Mondala, Andro ^a   Liang, Kaiwen ^a   Toghiani, Hossein ^a   Hernandez, Rafael ^a   French, Todd ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; In situ transesterification; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANOL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SULFUR DETERMINATION; SULFURIC ACID; TRANSESTERIFICATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; BIODIESEL PRODUCTIONS; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURES; FATTY ACID COMPOSITIONS; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTERS; IN SITU TRANSESTERIFICATION; IN-SITU; INTERACTIVE EFFECTS; MASS RATIOS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER SLUDGES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; PRIMARY SLUDGES; SECONDARY SLUDGES; TRANSESTERIFICATION PROCESSES;

BIODIESEL;

DIESEL FUEL; FATTY ACID ESTER; METHANOL; SULFURIC ACID;

BIOFUEL; CATALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; SLUDGE; SULFURIC ACID; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; FREEZE DRYING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID COMPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOREACTORS; CITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTERIFICATION; METHANOL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEWAGE;

EID: 55549110751     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.08.020     Document Type: Article

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