Kinetics of modified Zirconia-catalyzed heterogeneous esterification reaction for biodiesel production

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2584-2589

  Zubir, M I ^a   Chin, S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Esterification; Kinetic modeling; Kinetics; Modified zirconia; Reactive distillation

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; BIODIESEL; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ENZYME KINETICS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FUEL OILS; KINETIC PARAMETERS; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; OILS AND FATS; PALM OIL; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHETIC FUELS; VEGETABLE OILS; ZIRCONIA;

DIRECT ESTERIFICATION; ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS; ESTERIFICATION REACTIONS; FATTY ACID ESTERIFICATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS KINETIC MODEL; KINETIC MODELING; REACTIVE DISTILLATION COLUMNS; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 78049301705     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2010.2584.2589     Document Type: Article

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