Biodiesel from microalgae oil production in two sequential esterification/transesterification reactors: Pinch analysis of heat integration

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 176-177, Issue , 2011, Pages 211-216

  Sanchez E ^a   Ojeda, K ^a   El Halwagi, M ^b   Kafarov, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Esterification; Heat integration; Microalgae; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BIOFUELS PRODUCTION; ENERGY INTEGRATION; FREE FATTY ACID; HEAT INTEGRATION; MICRO-ALGAE; NEW SOURCES; OIL COMPOSITION; OIL PRODUCTION; PINCH ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

ALGAE; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FLOOD CONTROL; GLYCEROL; INTEGRATION; MICROORGANISMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 81555197162     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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