Non-catalytic cracking of jojoba oil to produce fuel and chemical by-products

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 386-392

  Kozliak, Evguenii ^a   Mota, Robert ^b   Rodriguez, David ^b   Overby, Paul ^b   Kubátová, Alena ^a   Stahl, Danese ^a   Niri, Vadoud ^a,d   Ogden, Gregory ^c   Seames, Wayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b University of North Dakota   (United States)

^c Ogden Engineering and Associates   (United States)

^d BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Hydrocarbons; Jojoba oil; Thermal cracking

Indexed keywords

GASPHASE; JOJOBA OIL; LIQUID PRODUCTS; NON-CATALYTIC; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYAROMATICS; REACTION PRESSURE; RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS; RESIDENCE TIME; SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; SOYBEAN OIL; THERMAL CRACKING; TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

BIOFUELS; CATALYTIC CRACKING; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUIDS; OILSEEDS; OLEFINS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS;

PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION;

BIOFUEL; DESERT; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAS PHASE REACTION; PAH; PRESSURE EFFECT; RESIDENCE TIME; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOYBEAN; WAX;

EID: 84867593554     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.07.042     Document Type: Article

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