Cost minimization in noncatalytic biodiesel production plants

Computer Aided Chemical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue C, 2009, Pages 861-866

  Espinosa, Susana ^b   Soledad Diaz, M ^a   Brignole, Esteban A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Optimization; Supercritical; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649284576     PISSN: 15707946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-7946(09)70364-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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