Synthesis of palm oil-based trimethylolpropane ester as potential biolubricant: Chemical kinetics modeling

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 200-202, Issue , 2012, Pages 532-540

  Hamid, Hamidah Abd ^a   Yunus, Robiah ^a   Rashid, Umer ^a   Choong, Thomas S Y ^a   Al Muhtaseb, Ala'a H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Biodegradable lubricant; Kinetic modeling; Palm oil; Transesterification; Trimethylolpropane ester

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE LUBRICANTS; BIOLUBRICANTS; COMPONENT CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; GOOD CORRELATIONS; KINETIC MODELING; KINETIC MODELS; KINETICS EQUATION; METHYL ESTERS; OIL-BASED POLYOL; OPTIMUM CRITERIA; PALM OIL; PILOT SCALE; POLYOL ESTERS; REACTION MECHANISM; SERIES-PARALLEL; SIMULATED RESULTS; TRANSESTERIFICATION REACTION; TRIMETHYLOLPROPANE; VEGETABLE PRODUCTS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; KINETIC THEORY; LUBRICANTS; MINERAL OILS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS; TRANSESTERIFICATION; VEGETABLE OILS;

KINETICS;

EID: 84865564642     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.06.087     Document Type: Article

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