Efficient fatty acid esterification using silica supported Brønsted acidic ionic liquid catalyst: Experimental study and DFT modeling

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 250, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-41

  Vafaeezadeh, Majid ^a   Hashemi, Mohammad Mahmoodi ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Density functional theory; Esterification; Heterogeneous catalyst; Silica supported Br nsted acidic ionic liquid; Task specific ionic liquid

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; IONIC LIQUIDS; SILICA; SILICA GEL;

ACIDIC IONIC LIQUIDS; ESTER DERIVATIVES; FATTY ACID ESTERIFICATIONS; FISCHER ESTERIFICATION; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; HIGH SURFACE AREA; REACTION MIXTURE; TASK-SPECIFIC IONIC LIQUIDS;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 84899537139     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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