Biodiesel production using tetramethyl- and benzyltrimethyl ammonium hydroxides as strong base catalysts

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1585-1590

  Karavalakis, Georgios ^a   Anastopoulos, Georgios ^a   Karonis, Dimitrios ^a   Stournas, Stamos ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benzyltrimethyl ammonium hydroxide; Biodiesel; Organic amines; Tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIODIESEL; CATALYSTS; COTTONSEED OIL; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; METHANOL; OILSEEDS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CATALYST CONCENTRATION; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; ORGANIC AMINE; REACTION VARIABLES; TETRAMETHYL AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; TRANSESTERIFICATION REACTION;

AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE;

EID: 77957894349     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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