Thermodynamic analysis of fatty acid esterification for fatty acid alkyl esters production

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 781-788

  Voll, Fernando A P ^a   da Silva, Camila ^a   Rossi, Carla C R S ^a,b   Guirardello, Reginaldo ^b   de Castilhos, Fernanda ^c   Oliveira, J Vladimir ^d   Cardozo Filho, Lúcio ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d DEPARTMENT OF FOOD ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Esterification; Fatty acid alkyl esters production; Free fatty acid; Gibbs free energy minimization; Thermodynamic analysis

Indexed keywords

ACID ESTERIFICATION; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FATTY ACID ALKYL ESTERS; FREE FATTY ACID; GIBBS FREE ENERGY MINIMIZATION; LOW PRESSURES; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL; OPERATING CONDITION; PROCESS VARIABLES; REACTANTS RATIO; REACTION YIELDS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

ALKYLATION; BIODIESEL; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FOSSIL FUELS; FREE ENERGY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

FATTY ACIDS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOFUEL; DIESEL; ESTER; FATTY ACID; FOSSIL FUEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78650769783     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.10.035     Document Type: Article

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