Application of UNIFAC models for prediction of vapor-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibria relevant to separation and purification processes of crude biodiesel fuel

Fuel

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1472-1477

  Kuramochi, Hidetoshi ^a   Maeda, Kouji ^b   Kato, Satoru ^c   Osako, Masahiro ^a   Nakamura, Kazuo ^d   Sakai, Shin ichi ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Kyoto City Office   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Liquid liquid equilibrium; UNIFAC model; Vapor liquid equilibrium

Indexed keywords

BINARY SYSTEMS; BIO-DIESEL FUELS; DORTMUND; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTERS; LIQUID-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM; LLE DATUM; METHANOL WATERS; PURIFICATION PROCESS; RECOVERY PROCESS; SEPARATION AND PURIFICATIONS; UNIFAC MODEL; VAPOR LIQUIDS; VAPOR-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM; WASHING PROCESS;

BIODIESEL; E-LEARNING; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FUEL PURIFICATION; GLYCEROL; METHANOL; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SYNTHETIC FUELS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; WATER VAPOR;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 65649109837     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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