Production of biodiesel from wet activated sludge

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-68

  Revellame, Emmanuel ^a   Hernandez, Rafael ^a   French, William ^a   Holmes, William ^b   Alley, Earl ^b   Callahan II, Robert ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biodiesel; Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME); Wet in situ transesterification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BREAK-EVEN PRICES; CATALYST CONCENTRATION; CENTRAL COMPOSITE; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER (FAME); HIGH RELIABILITY; IN-SITU; INTERACTION EFFECT; LACK-OF-FIT; MAIN EFFECT; MODEL ERRORS; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; QUADRATIC RESPONSE; REACTION CONDITIONS; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT; SURFACE PLOTS;

BIODIESEL; CATALYSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; METHANOL; MOISTURE; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

BIODIESEL; FATTY ACID ESTER; METHANOL; PETROLEUM;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CATALYST; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

EID: 78650069529     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.2491     Document Type: Article

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