Continuous production of biodiesel in a packed-bed reactor using shell-core structural Ca(C3H7O3)2/CaCO3 catalyst

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-256

  Hsieh, Li Shan ^a   Kumar, Umesh ^a   Wu, Jeffery C S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Packed bed reactor; Solid base catalyst; Soybean oil; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

BASE CATALYST; CANOLA OIL; CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION; ENDOTHERMIC REACTIONS; ENTHALPY CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD; MODEL COMPOUND; MOLAR RATIO; OIL RATIO; OPTIMUM REACTION CONDITIONS; PACKED BED REACTOR; RATE EQUATIONS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; RETENTION TIME; SOYBEAN OIL; SUNFLOWER OIL; TRIOLEIN;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BATCH REACTORS; BIODIESEL; CALCIUM; CATALYSIS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; METHANOL; PACKED BEDS; REUSABILITY; TRANSESTERIFICATION; VEGETABLE OILS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 77649271135     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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