Experimental and modeling study of continuous catalytic transesterification to biodiesel in a bench-scale fixed-bed reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 37, 2012, Pages 11860-11865

  Xiao, Yang ^a   Gao, Lijing ^a   Xiao, Guomin ^a   Fu, Baosong ^a   Niu, Lei ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC TRANSESTERIFICATION; ENDURANCE TEST; FIXED-BED REACTORS; HETEROGENEOUS MODELS; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDROTALCITE CATALYSTS; LIQUID HOURLY SPACE VELOCITY; MODELING STUDIES; MOLAR RATIO; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; PALM OIL; REACTOR SIZES;

BIODIESEL; CHEMICAL REACTORS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; METHANOL; VEGETABLE OILS;

TRANSESTERIFICATION;

EID: 84866432497     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie202312z     Document Type: Article

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