Biodiesel production by non-catalytic supercritical methyl acetate: Thermal stability study

Applied Energy

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 198-202

  Niza, Noorzalila Muhammad ^a   Tan, Kok Tat ^b,c   Lee, Keat Teong ^b   Ahmad, Zainal ^b  

^a Faculty of Chemical Engineering   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Jatropha oil; Methyl esters; Supercritical methyl acetate; Thermal stability; Triacetin

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FUEL ADDITIVES; NANOCAPSULES; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACID ESTER; BIO-DIESEL FUEL; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; HIGH REACTION TEMPERATURES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; JATROPHA OIL; LOW-YIELD; METHYL ACETATES; METHYL ESTERS; METHYL LINOLEATE; METHYL OLEATE; NON-CATALYTIC; OIL FEEDSTOCK; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; SUPERCRITICAL; THERMAL STABILITY STUDIES; TRIACETIN;

THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

BIOFUEL; CATALYSIS; CRUDE OIL; ESTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

JATROPHA;

EID: 84869862710     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.03.033     Document Type: Article

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