Transesterification of sunflower oil in a countercurrent trickle-bed reactor packed with a CaO catalyst

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 650-654

  Son, Sung Mo ^a   Kusakabe, Katsuki ^a  

^a FUKUOKA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Calcium oxide; Sunflower oil; Transesterification; Trickle bed

Indexed keywords

BED HEIGHT; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CALCIUM OXIDE PARTICLES; COUNTER CURRENT; GAS-LIQUID-SOLID; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LIQUID-LIQUID REACTIONS; OIL DROPLETS; OIL FLOW RATE; OIL VISCOSITY; PHASE REACTION; REACTION TEMPERATURE; RESIDENCE TIME; SOLID BASE CATALYSTS; SUNFLOWER OIL; THIN TUBES; TRICKLE BED REACTOR; TRICKLE-BED;

BIODIESEL; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLOW RATE; LIME; LIQUIDS; METHANOL; TRANSESTERIFICATION; VEGETABLE OILS;

REACTION RATES;

EID: 79960380788     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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