Mechanistic modeling of palmitic acid esterification via heterogeneous catalysis

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1177-1186

  Lerkkasemsan, Nuttapol ^a   Abdoulmoumine, Nourredine ^a   Achenie, Luke ^a   Agblevor, Foster ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACID CATALYSIS; ACID ESTERIFICATION; ACIDIC ALUMINA; BASE CATALYSIS; CLEAN ENERGY; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; CONTINUUM MODEL; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; ELEY-RIDEAL MECHANISM; FREE FATTY ACID; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS; KINETIC EXPRESSION; KINETIC STUDY; LARGE SYSTEM; MECHANISTIC MODELING; MOLECULAR LEVELS; PETRODIESEL; PRODUCTION COST; SULFATED ZIRCONIA; WASTE VEGETABLE OIL;

ACTIVATED ALUMINA; BATCH REACTORS; BIODIESEL; CATALYSIS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; METHANOL; PALMITIC ACID; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VEGETABLE OILS; ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 79952779760     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100891n     Document Type: Article

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