Transesterification of vegetable oils: Simulating the replacement of batch reactors with continuous reactors

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 8151-8157

  Fonseca, Felipe A S ^a   Vidal Vieira, José A ^a   Ravagnani, Sergio P ^b  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Reactor; Simulation; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

BATCH PROCESS; BIODIESEL PLANTS; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CATALYST CONCENTRATION; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTINUOUS REACTORS; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; KINETIC MODELS; OPERATION CONDITIONS; REACTOR; REACTOR SIMULATION; REACTORS IN SERIES; SIMULATION;

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; BIODIESEL; LUBRICATING OILS; PRODUCTIVITY; RATE CONSTANTS; TRANSESTERIFICATION; VEGETABLE OILS;

BATCH REACTORS;

BIODIESEL; VEGETABLE OIL;

BIOFUEL; BIOREACTOR; CATALYST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; REPLACEMENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIOCATALYST; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSESTERIFICATION; BIOREACTOR; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTERIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; TIME;

BIOREACTORS; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTERIFICATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PLANT OILS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954536110     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.05.077     Document Type: Article

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