A packed bed membrane reactor for production of biodiesel using activated carbon supported catalyst

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1095-1102

  Baroutian, Saeid ^a   Aroua, Mohamed K ^a   Raman, Abdul Aziz A ^a   Sulaiman, Nik M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Heterogeneous catalysis; Membrane reactor; Methyl esters

Indexed keywords

CARBON SUPPORTED CATALYST; CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGNS; CONTINUOUS REACTORS; CROSS FLOWS; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS; HIGH QUALITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; METHYL ESTERS; MICRO-POROUS; PALM OIL; PALM SHELL-ACTIVATED CARBON; PER UNIT VOLUME; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; REACTION TEMPERATURE; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SEPARATION PROCESS; TIO;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALKALINITY; BIODIESEL; BIOREACTORS; CATALYSIS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; MEMBRANES; PACKED BEDS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; VEGETABLE OILS;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIODIESEL; PALM OIL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOFUEL; BIOREACTOR; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; MEMBRANE; SEPARATION; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CATALYST SUPPORT; FLOW RATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PACKED BED REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOFUELS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; CHARCOAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ESTERIFICATION; HYDROXIDES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PLANT OILS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RECYCLING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78650701994     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.08.076     Document Type: Article

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