Two-phase flow behavior in microtube reactors during biodiesel production from waste cooking oil

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1383-1390

  Guan, Guoqing ^a   Teshima, Marion ^a   Sato, Chie ^a   Son, Sung Mo ^a   Irfan, Muhammad Faisal ^a   Kusakabek, Kusakabe ^a   Ikeda, Norihiro ^a   Lin, Tsao Jin ^b  

^a FUKUOKA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biodiesel fuel; Droplets; Microreactor; Transesterification; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BIO-DIESEL FUEL; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; DROPLETS; FREE FATTY ACID; HOMOGENEOUS LIQUIDS; KOH CATALYSTS; LIQUID-LIQUID SLUG FLOW; MICRO-REACTOR; MICRO-TUBES; MICROTUBE; RESIDENCE TIME; SUNFLOWER OIL; UNOBSERVABLE; WASTE COOKING OIL;

ACIDS; BIODIESEL; DROP FORMATION; FLOW PATTERNS; GLYCEROL; INLET FLOW; LIQUIDS; METHANOL; OLEIC ACID; SYNTHETIC FUELS; TRANSESTERIFICATION; TWO PHASE FLOW; VEGETABLE OILS;

PARALLEL FLOW;

GASTROPODA; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 77952309089     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12042     Document Type: Article

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