Transesterification of waste cooking oil: Process optimization and conversion rate evaluation

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 764-769

  Abd Rabu, R ^a   Janajreh, I ^a   Honnery, D ^b  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Biodiesel; Distillation curve; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

1-ALCOHOLS; ACIDIC CATALYSTS; ANIMAL FAT; CONTINUOUS MIXING; CONVERSION RATES; COOKING OIL; DISTILLATION CURVES; FREE FATTY ACID; HIGH PURITY; MOLAR RATIO; OPTIMAL PROCESS; ORDER REACTIONS; PETRODIESEL; PROCESS SETTINGS; SUSTAINABLE FUELS; SYNTHESIS PROCESS; WASTE COOKING OIL;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSTS; DIESEL FUELS; DISTILLATION; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; METHANOL; OPTIMIZATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS); TRANSESTERIFICATION; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 84870402459     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2012.02.031     Document Type: Article

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