Sub- and supercritical esterification of palm fatty acid distillate with carbohydrate-derived solid acid catalyst

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 284, Issue , 2016, Pages 872-878

  Lokman, Ibrahim M ^a,b   Goto, Motonobu ^c   Rashid, Umer ^a   Taufiq Yap, Yun Hin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate derived solid acid catalyst; Esterification; Fatty acid methyl ester; Palm fatty acid distillate; Supercritical methanol

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; CATALYSTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANOL;

FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; OPTIMUM OPERATING CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM REACTION TEMPERATURE; PALM FATTY ACID DISTILLATE; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SOLID ACID CATALYSTS; SUPERCRITICAL METHANOL; UNCATALYZED REACTIONS;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 84942543597     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.08.102     Document Type: Article

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