Esterification of fatty acids in a thermally coupled reactive distillation column by the two-step supercritical methanol method

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 480-490

  Gómez Castro, Fernando Israel ^a   Rico Ramírez, Vicente ^a   Segovia Hernández, Juan Gabriel ^b   Hernández Castro, Salvador ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biodiesel production; Reactive distillation; Thermally coupling

Indexed keywords

BIO-DIESEL FUEL; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CAPITAL COSTS; CLEAN ENERGY; COST ESTIMATIONS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ESTERIFICATION REACTIONS; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; HIGH ENERGY; PETROLEUM DIESEL; REACTIVE DISTILLATION COLUMNS; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; SAKA-DADAN PROCESS; SAPONIFICATION REACTION; SHORT CHAIN ALCOHOLS; SUPERCRITICAL CONDITION; SUPERCRITICAL METHANOL; THERMALLY COUPLING; THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY;

BIODIESEL; CATALYSTS; DISTILLATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; METHANOL; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 79953064638     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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