Solvent assisted decomposition of the tetrahedral intermediate of the transesterification reaction to biodiesel production. A density functional study

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 685-690

  de Lima, Emmanuela F ^a,b   Carneiro, José Walkimar de M ^a,c   Fenollar Ferrer, C ^a   Miertus, Stanislav ^a   Zinoviev, Sergey ^a   Om Tapanes, Neyda C ^d   Aranda, Donato A G ^d  

^a AREA Science Park   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Solvent effect; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIODIESEL; ETHANOL; METHANOL; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL STUDY; ENERGY COMPONENTS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; POLARIZABLE CONTINUUMS; SOLVENT EFFECTS; TETRAHEDRAL INTERMEDIATES; TRANSESTERIFICATION REACTION;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 71849107068     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.08.018     Document Type: Article

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