Influence of acidified water addition on the biodiesel and glycerol separation through membrane technology

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 431, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-36

  Gomes, Maria Carolina Sérgi ^a   Arroyo, Pedro Augusto ^a   Pereira, Nehemias Curvelo ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acidified water; Biodiesel; Ceramic membranes; Glycerol; Microfiltration; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFIED WATERS; AQUEOUS PHASE; FILTRATION TIME; MASS CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE SURFACE; PORE DIAMETERS; REACTION MIXTURE; SOYBEAN OIL; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

BIODIESEL; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; EXPERIMENTS; GLYCEROL; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MICROFILTRATION; SEPARATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

WATER FILTRATION;

BIODIESEL; GLYCEROL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; MEMBRANE; MICROFILTRATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSESTERIFICATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84873873374     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.12.036     Document Type: Article

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