Review of recent developments in solid acid, base, and enzyme catalysts (heterogeneous) for biodiesel production via transesterification

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 6162-6172

  Jothiramalingam, Rajabathar ^a   Wang, Ming Kuang ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CATALYTIC TRANSESTERIFICATION; ENZYME CATALYSTS; GREEN ENERGY PRODUCTION; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS; HETEROGENEOUS SOLID; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; IMMOBILIZED ENZYME; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; MOLAR RATIO; OIL SOURCES; RESEARCH OUTCOME; SOLID ACID; SOLID ACID CATALYSTS; SOLID BASE CATALYSTS; SOLID CATALYSTS;

ACIDS; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIODIESEL; CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; REACTION RATES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 67650838451     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801872t     Document Type: Review

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