Fast synthesis of biodiesel at high throughput in microstructured reactors

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1259-1264

  Sun, Peiyong ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Yao, Jianfeng ^a   Zhang, Lixiong ^a   Xu, Nanping ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; DIXON RINGS; HIGH THROUGHPUT; HIGH-FLOW RATE; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; HIGHER YIELD; INNER DIAMETERS; MICRO-TUBES; MICROMIXERS; MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORS; MOLAR RATIO; NORMAL BOILING POINTS; REACTION SYSTEM; REACTION TEMPERATURE; RESIDENCE TIME; TUBE-PACKED;

BIODIESEL; BOILING POINT; COTTONSEED OIL; FLOW PATTERNS; METHANOL; MIXERS (MACHINERY); PRESSURE DROP; STAINLESS STEEL; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THROUGHPUT;

SYNTHETIC FUELS;

EID: 76049113503     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie901320s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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