Technologies for production of biodiesel focusing on green catalytic techniques: A review

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1502-1514

  Helwani, Z ^a,b   Othman, M R ^b   Aziz, N ^b   Fernando, W J N ^b   Kim, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIAU   (Indonesia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Heterogeneous catalyst; Hydrotalcite; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

BATCH PRODUCTION; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CATALYTIC TRANSESTERIFICATION; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; HETEROGENEOUS SOLID; HOMOGENEOUS LIQUIDS; HYDROTALCITE; HYDROTALCITES; LONG TERM; LOWER OPERATING COSTS; PETROLEUM PRICES; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; TECHNOLOGICAL METHODS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; OPERATING COSTS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 71649107618     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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