Economic comparison of continuous and batch production of biodiesel using soybean oil

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-24

  Benavides, Pahola T ^a,b   Salazar, Juan ^b   Diwekar, Urmila ^a,b,c  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b Vishwamitra Research Institute Illinois   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

batch process; biodiesel; continuous process; economical analysis; stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

BATCH PROCESS; BATCH PRODUCTION; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CONTINUOUS MODELS; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTINUOUS PROCESSING; CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC COMPARISONS; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ECONOMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL FIELDS; MINNEAPOLIS; PRIVATE SECTORS; RENEWABLE FUELS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOYBEAN OIL; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; STORAGE COSTS; TECHNICAL DESIGN; TRANSESTERIFICATION REACTION; TRANSPORTATION COST; TRANSPORTATION DISTANCE;

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; BATCH REACTORS; BIODIESEL; BOTTLES; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDSTOCKS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; OILSEEDS; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; PROVEN RESERVES; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

FUEL STORAGE;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84872687357     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.11736     Document Type: Article

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