Optimized biodiesel production and environmental assessment of produced biodiesel

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 617-623

  Saqib, Muhammad ^a   Mumtaz, Muhammad Waseem ^a   Mahmood, Asif ^a   Abdullah, Muhammad Imran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Exhaust emission levels; Optimization; Response surface methodology; Sodium methoxide; Tranesterification

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CATALYST CONCENTRATION; CLOUD POINTS; ENGINE PERFORMANCE TESTS; ENVIRONMENT BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXHAUST EMISSION; FIRE POINT; FLASH POINTS; FUEL PROPERTIES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MOLAR RATIO; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMAL EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS; POUR POINTS; RAPESEED OIL; RAPESEED OIL METHYL ESTER; REACTION PARAMETERS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SODIUM METHOXIDE; SULFUR CONTENTS; TRANESTERIFICATION;

CATALYSTS; DIESEL FUELS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; SODIUM; SULFUR; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIODIESEL;

ALCOHOL; BIODIESEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; RAPESEED OIL;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CATALYST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 84864671555     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: 19763816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12257-011-0569-6     Document Type: Article

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