Computer simulation of fatty acid esterification in reactive distillation columns

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 10176-10184

  MacHado, Guilherme Duenhas ^a   Aranda, Donato A G ^b   Castier, Marcelo ^b,c   Cabral, Vladimir Ferreira ^a   Cardozo Filho, Lúcio ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ESTERIFICATION; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; FATTY ACID ESTERS; OPERATING CONDITION; PROPER DESIGN; REACTIVE DISTILLATION COLUMNS; STEADY-STATE SIMULATIONS;

BIODIESEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; REACTION RATES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 80052385776     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie102327y     Document Type: Review

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