Repeated use of methanol and sulfuric acid to pretreat jatropha oil for biodiesel production

ISES Solar World Congress 2007, ISES 2007

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2413-2417

  Wang, Zhongming ^a,b   Wu, Chuangzhi ^a   Yuan, Zhenhong ^a   Park, Soonchul ^b   Lee, Jinsuk ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

^b Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; EFFECT OF WATER; FREE FATTY ACID; JATROPHA OIL; LARGE-SCALE PLANTATIONS; PRE-TREATMENT; QUADRATIC POLYNOMIAL; WEIGHT RATIOS;

BIODIESEL; METHANOL; WATER CONTENT;

SULFURIC ACID;

EID: 84875911356     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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