Biodiesel synthesis in an intensified spinning disk reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 210, Issue , 2012, Pages 597-609

  Qiu, Z ^a   Petera, J ^b   Weatherley, L R ^a  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Finite element modeling; Liquid liquid reactions; Process intensification; Spinning disk reactors

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL SYNTHESIS; CANOLA OIL; CONTINUOUS SYNTHESIS; DISK DESIGNS; DISK SPEED; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FLAT DISK; FLUID FLOW CONDITIONS; GAP WIDTHS; LIQUID-LIQUID REACTIONS; LITERATURE DATA; MASS TRANSFER LIMITATION; MIXED PHASIS; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; REACTION TEMPERATURE; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; RESIDENCE TIME; ROTATING SHAFT; SMALL GAPS; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; SPINNING DISK REACTOR; SURFACE TOPOLOGY; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE;

BATCH REACTORS; BIODIESEL; COALESCENCE; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; METHANOL; MIXING; RATE CONSTANTS; SODIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SYNTHETIC FUELS;

BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 84868338005     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.08.058     Document Type: Article

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