Glymes as benign co-solvents for CaO-catalyzed transesterification of soybean oil to biodiesel

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 139, Issue , 2013, Pages 107-112

  Tang, Shaokun ^a   Zhao, Hua ^b   Song, Zhiyan ^b   Olubajo, Olarongbe ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Glyme; Heterogeneous catalysis; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; CALCINATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; LIME; LOADING; SOLVENTS; SOYBEAN OIL; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

COSOLVENTS; FASTER REACTIONS; GLYME; PRE-TREATMENT; SAPONIFICATION REACTION; SEM IMAGE; SUBSTRATE LOADING; WITHOUT CALCINATION;

CATALYSIS;

BIODIESEL; CALCIUM OXIDE; GLYME; METHANOL; SOLVENT; SOYBEAN OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOFUEL; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; OXIDE;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DISSOLUTION; ESTER; ETHER; HETEROGENEITY; LIME; SOYBEAN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; DISSOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPONIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSESTERIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; ESTERIFICATION; TEMPERATURE;

BIOFUELS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; ESTERIFICATION; METHANOL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDES; SOLVENTS; SOYBEAN OIL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84877346529     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.04.022     Document Type: Article

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