Biofuel production from palm oil with supercritical alcohols: Effects of the alcohol to oil molar ratios on the biofuel chemical composition and properties

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 10704-10710

  Sawangkeaw, Ruengwit ^a   Teeravitud, Sunsanee ^a   Bunyakiat, Kunchana ^a   Ngamprasertsith, Somkiat ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Fuel properties; Supercritical alcohol; Thermal cracking; Vegetable oil

Indexed keywords

ACID VALUE; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; FUEL PROPERTIES; LOWER ENERGIES; MOLAR RATIO; NOVEL PROCESS; PALM OIL; SUPER-CRITICAL; SUPERCRITICAL ETHANOL; SUPERCRITICAL METHANOL; THERMAL CRACKING;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIODIESEL; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); ENERGY UTILIZATION; ETHANOL; GLYCEROL; METHANOL; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

VEGETABLE OILS;

ALCOHOL; BIODIESEL; GLYCEROL; PALM OIL;

ALCOHOL; ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOFUEL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIESEL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; STANDARD (REFERENCE); VEGETABLE OIL;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DIESEL ENGINE; DISTILLATION; EVALUATION; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; SYNTHESIS; VISCOSITY;

ALCOHOLS; BIOFUELS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESTERS; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; METHANOL; PLANT OILS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 80054831134     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.105     Document Type: Article

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