Kinetic studies of alkyl formate hydrolysis using formic acid as a catalyst

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 286-293

  Jogunola, Olatunde ^a   Salmi, Tapio ^a   Wärnå, Johan ^a   Mikkola, Jyri Pekka ^a,b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alkyl formate hydrolysis; Formic acid catalyst; Kinetic modelling; UNIFAC

Indexed keywords

ACID CATALYST; ACID PRODUCTS; EQUILIBRIUM PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FORMIC ACID CATALYST; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; KINETIC MODELLING; KINETIC MODELS; KINETIC STUDY; LIQUID PHASE HYDROLYSIS; MASS BALANCE; METHYL FORMATE; NEUTRAL AQUEOUS SOLUTION; NITROGEN PRESSURE; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RATE EQUATIONS; REACTION SYSTEM; UNIFAC;

BATCH REACTORS; CATALYSTS; FORMIC ACID; HYDROLYSIS; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION RATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

KINETICS;

FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; FORMIC ACID METHYL ESTER; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIOCATALYST; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRESSURE; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 84855452236     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.2714     Document Type: Article

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