Valorization of glycerol into fuel additives over zeolites as catalysts

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 178, Issue , 2011, Pages 291-296

  Serafim, H ^a   Fonseca, I M ^b   Ramos, A M ^b   Vital, J ^b   Castanheiro, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acetalisation; Butanal; Glycerol; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CATALYSTS; FUEL ADDITIVES; GLYCEROL; ZEOLITES;

ACETALISATION; BUTANAL; CATALYST LOADINGS; DIFFERENT SI/AL RATIO; GLYCEROL CONVERSIONS; INITIAL ACTIVITY; REACTION TEMPERATURE; ZEOLITES AS CATALYSTS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 82755168778     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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