Tetramethylguanidine as an efficient catalyst for transesterification of waste frying oils

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3645-3650

  Karavalakis, Georgios ^a   Anastopoulos, Georgios ^a   Stournas, Stamos ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amine catalyst; Biodiesel; Cottonseed oil; Tetramethylguanidine; Transesterification; Used frying oils

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; COTTONSEED OIL; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; OILSEEDS; PETROLEUM REFINING; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

AMINE CATALYSTS; BASE CATALYST; CATALYST CONCENTRATION; COMPETITIVE COSTS; EFFICIENT CATALYSTS; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN PROCESS; METHYL ESTERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TETRAMETHYLGUANIDINE; USED FRYING OIL; WASTE FRYING OIL;

CATALYSTS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; BIOFUEL; CATALYST; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TRANSFORMATION; VEGETABLE OIL;

MICROPUS;

EID: 79959832151     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.03.050     Document Type: Article

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