Glycerol valorisation as biofuels: Selection of a suitable solvent for an innovative process for the synthesis of GEA

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 233, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-167

  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

Acetalization; Amberlyst 15; Glycerol acetal; SMBR; Solvent selection

Indexed keywords

ACETALIZATION; AMBERLYST-15; CATALYST PARTICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD-HOUGEN-WATSON MODELS; SIMULATED MOVING BED REACTOR; SMBR; SOLVENT SELECTION;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; SOLVENTS;

GLYCEROL;

EID: 84883618970     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.08.035     Document Type: Article

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