Heterogeneously-catalyzed glycerolysis of fatty acid methyl esters: Reaction parameter optimization

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 10387-10394

  Ferretti, Cristián A ^a   Olcese, Roberto N ^a   Apesteguía, Carlos R ^a   Di Cosimo, J Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN CATÁLISIS Y PETROQUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BASE CATALYST; CATALYST PARTICLE SIZE; COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGY; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; FOUR-PHASE; GLYCEROLYSIS; HIGH REACTION TEMPERATURES; HIGH SURFACE AREA; HOMOGENEOUS PROCESS; METHYL OLEATE; MOLAR RATIO; MONOGLYCERIDES; REACTION CONDITIONS; REACTION PARAMETERS; STIRRING RATES; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ACIDS; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 72449167033     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9004783     Document Type: Article

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