Glycerol valorization as biofuel: Thermodynamic and kinetic study of the acetalization of glycerol with acetaldehyde

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1538-1547

  Faria, Rui P V ^a   Pereira, Carla S M ^a   Silva, Viviana M T M ^a   Loureiro, José M ^a   Rodrigues, Alírio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALIZATION; ACETALIZATION REACTION; AMBERLYST-15; CATALYST SCREENING; GIBBS FREE ENERGY OF FORMATION; KINETIC STUDY; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD-HOUGEN-WATSON MODELS; PARAMETERS ESTIMATED; REACTION THERMODYNAMICS; STANDARD ENTHALPY; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSIS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

GLYCEROL;

EID: 84873814653     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie302935w     Document Type: Article

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