Vegetable oil deacidification by amberlyst: Study of the catalyst lifetime and a suitable reactor configuration

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4601-4606

  Pirola, C ^a   Bianchi, C L ^a   Boffito, D C ^a   Carvoli, G ^a   Ragaini, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACID CONTENT; ACTIVE MATERIAL; AMBERLYST; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CATALYST LIFETIME; CATALYSTS PARTICLES; CRUDE PALM OIL; DEACIDIFICATION; FREE FATTY ACID; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; MECHANICAL STIRRING; MECHANICAL STRESS; OIL EMULSIONS; PACKED BED REACTOR; REACTOR CONFIGURATION; SEMI-CONTINUOUS; SOLID ACID; SOYBEAN OIL;

ACIDS; BATCH REACTORS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LUBRICATING OILS; METHANOL; PACKED BEDS; STRESSES; VEGETABLE OILS;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 77952366328     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie901980c     Document Type: Article

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