Simulation and pre-feasibility analysis of the production process of α-methyl ester sulfonates (α-MES)

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 8762-8771

  Martínez, Daniel ^a   Orozco, Gustavo ^a   Rincón, Sandra ^b   Gil, Iván ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b Research Results Validation Unit   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Palm oil; Process simulation; Sulfonation; Surfactant; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

BIORENEWABLE; CAPITAL COSTS; COLOMBIA; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; DETERGENT INDUSTRY; FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS; LINEAR ALKYL BENZENE; METHYL ESTERS; PALM OIL; PROCESS SIMULATION; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; PRODUCT STREAMS; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; PRODUCTION PROCESS; REAL VALUES;

ALKYLATION; ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; BENZENE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; HYDROCARBONS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SULFONATION; VEGETABLE OILS;

COSTS;

ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; PALM OIL; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CAPITAL; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; OIL INDUSTRY; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SULFONATE (ESTER); SURFACTANT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ALKANESULFONATES; CATALYSIS; COLOMBIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTERIFICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PLANT OILS;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 77955172912     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.06.059     Document Type: Article

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