Cleaner gasoline production by using glycerol as fuel extender

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 456-460

  Kiatkittipong, Worapon ^a   Suwanmanee, Sirima ^b   Laosiripojana, Navadol ^c   Praserthdam, Piyasan ^b   Assabumrungrat, Suttichai ^b  

^a SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Etherification; FCC gasoline; Glycerol; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

AMBERLYST; AMBERLYST-15; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BLENDING REID VAPOR PRESSURE; CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; DISTILLATION TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ETHERIFICATION; FCC GASOLINES; FLUIDIZED CATALYTIC CRACKINGS; GASOLINE PRODUCTION; OCTANE NUMBERS; OLEFIN CONTENT; PRESSURIZED LIQUIDS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESEARCH OCTANE NUMBER; STANDARD ANALYSIS; STANDARD METHOD; VOLUME RATIO;

BLENDING; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DISTILLATION; ETHERS; FLUIDIZATION; GASOLINE; GLYCEROL; OLEFINS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING;

EID: 77949912929     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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