Process engineering and optimization of glycerol separation in a packed-bed reactor for enzymatic biodiesel production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 10419-10424

  Hama, Shinji ^a   Tamalampudi, Sriappareddy ^a   Yoshida, Ayumi ^b   Tamadani, Naoki ^a   Kuratani, Nobuyuki ^c   Noda, Hideo ^a,c   Fukuda, Hideki ^b   Kondo, Akihiko ^b  

^a Research and Development Laboratory   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kansai Chemical Engineering Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiesel plant; Glycerol separation; Immobilized lipase; Methanolysis; Packed bed reactor

Indexed keywords

ACID VALUE; BATCH REACTIONS; BIODIESEL PLANTS; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; HIGH-FLOW RATE; IMMOBILIZED LIPASE; METHANOLYSIS; METHYL ESTERS; PACKED BED REACTOR; PROCESS MODEL; REACTION MIXTURE; REACTION SYSTEM; REDUCED VISCOSITY; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; STABLE OPERATION;

BIODIESEL; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; GLYCEROL; LIPASES; PACKED BEDS; WATER CONTENT;

PEBBLE BED REACTORS;

ACYLGLYCEROL; GLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; WATER;

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; BIOREACTOR; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTER; IMMOBILIZATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEPARATION; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; METHANOLYSIS; PACKED BED REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; VISCOSITY;

BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIOFUELS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESTERS; GLYCEROL; LIPASE; METHANE; RHEOLOGY; WATER;

EID: 80054842732     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.073     Document Type: Article

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