Continuous liquid-phase valorization of bio-ethanol towards bio-butanol over metal modified alumina

Renewable Energy

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 369-378

  Riittonen, Toni ^a   Eränen, Kari ^a   Mäki Arvela, Päivi ^a   Shchukarev, Andrey ^c   Rautio, Anne Riikka ^b   Kordas, Krisztian ^b   Kumar, Narendra ^a   Salmi, Tapio ^a   Mikkola, Jyri Pekka ^a,c  

^a LABORATORY OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY AND REACTION ENGINEERING   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alumina; Bio butanol; Bio ethanol; Crystallite structure

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOETHANOL; CATALYSIS; CATALYST SUPPORTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COPPER; CRYSTALLITES; ETHANOL; ORGANOMETALLICS;

BIO-ETHANOLS; CATALYST PREPARATION; CATALYTIC REACTIONS; CRYSTALLITE STRUCTURES; ETHANOL CONVERSION; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST SUPPORTS; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; PRODUCTION OF ETHYL ACETATES;

LOADING;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOFUEL; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CRYSTALLINITY; ETHANOL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EID: 84907694203     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.08.052     Document Type: Article

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