Comprehensive kinetic studies of acidic oil continuous esterification by cation-exchange resin in fixed bed reactors

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-72

  Cheng, Yu ^a   Feng, Yaohui ^a   Ren, Yanbiao ^a   Liu, Xuan ^a   Gao, Aoran ^a   He, Benqiao ^a   Yan, Feng ^a   Li, Jianxin ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Cation exchange resin; Continuous esterification; Fixed bed reactor; Free fatty acid (FFA); Kinetic model

Indexed keywords

CATALYST BEDS; CATION EXCHANGE RESINS; DIFFERENT SCALE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTERNAL MASS TRANSFER; FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; FIXED BED REACTOR; FREE FATTY ACID; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; KINETIC MODELS; KINETIC STUDY; MINIREACTOR; MOLAR RATIO; PILOT-SCALE REACTORS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; SOLID-LIQUID; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; ESTERS; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; METHANOL;

ESTERIFICATION;

BIODIESEL; CATION EXCHANGE RESIN; FATTY ACID; METHANOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIOFUEL; BIOREACTOR; CATALYST; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTER; FATTY ACID; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; METHANOL; REACTION KINETICS; RESIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; ESTERIFICATION; FIXED BED REACTOR; KINETICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATION EXCHANGE RESINS; ESTERIFICATION; KINETICS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84860247800     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.12.140     Document Type: Article

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