Biodiesel production from palm oil using combined mechanical stirred and ultrasonic reactor

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1585-1591

  Choedkiatsakul, I ^a   Ngaosuwan, K ^b   Cravotto, G ^c   Assabumrungrat, S ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b RAJAMANGALA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Combined mechanical stirred and ultrasonic reactor; Dual frequency operation; Flow ultrasonic reactor

Indexed keywords

ASTM STANDARDS; BIODIESEL; OIL SHALE; REACTION RATES; TRANSDUCERS;

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CATALYST LOADINGS; COMBINED MECHANICAL STIRRED AND ULTRASONIC REACTOR; CONVERSION YIELD; DUAL FREQUENCY OPERATION; FLOW ULTRASONIC REACTOR; MECHANICAL STIRRING; OPERATING PARAMETERS;

PALM OIL;

BIODIESEL; PALM OIL;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIRRED REACTOR; TRANSDUCER; TRANSESTERIFICATION; ULTRASOUND; VISCOSITY;

BIODIESEL; COMBINED MECHANICAL STIRRED AND ULTRASONIC REACTOR; DUAL FREQUENCY OPERATION; FLOW ULTRASONIC REACTOR;

BIOFUELS; CATALYSIS; ESTERS; METHANOL; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; PLANT OILS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84896494884     PISSN: 13504177     EISSN: 18732828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2013.12.025     Document Type: Article

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