Ultrafast biodiesel production using ultrasound in batch and continuous reactors

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1432-1439

  Boffito, D C ^b   Mansi, S ^a   Leveque, J M ^c   Pirola, C ^a   Bianchi, C L ^a   Patience, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic cavitation; Biodiesel production; Continuous reactor; Hydrodynamic cavitation; Rosett cell; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CAVITATIONS; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTORS; CONTINUOUS REACTORS; CONVENTIONAL REACTORS; HYDRODYNAMIC CAVITATIONS; PULSED ULTRASOUNDS; RATE-LIMITING STEPS;

BIODIESEL; CAVITATION; MASS TRANSFER; TRANSESTERIFICATION; ULTRASONICS;

BATCH REACTORS;

EID: 84887297924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc400161s     Document Type: Article

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