Effect of process conditions on equilibrium, reaction kinetics and mass transfer for triglyceride transesterification to biodiesel: Experimental and modeling based on fatty acid composition

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-41

  Likozar, B ^a   Levec, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Biodiesel production process optimization intensification; Mass transfer diffusion; Reaction mechanism kinetics; Renewable energy fuels

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; KINETICS AND MASS TRANSFERS; REACTION MECHANISM; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESPONSE SURFACE MODELS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; BIODIESEL; EMULSIFICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS TRANSFER; REACTION KINETICS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 84893763213     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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