Process intensification technologies in continuous biodiesel production

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 323-330

  Qiu, Zheyan ^a   Zhao, Lina ^a   Weatherley, Laurence ^a  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel production; Mass transfer; Mixing; Process intensification; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BIODIESEL SYNTHESIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY INPUTS; IN-SITU; LONG RESIDENCE TIME; MIXING PROCESS; MOLAR RATIO; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES; PRODUCT SEPARATION; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIODIESEL; MASS TRANSFER; REACTION RATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TECHNOLOGY; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

SYNTHETIC FUELS;

EID: 77951139872     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2010.03.005     Document Type: Review

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