Optimisation and Kinetic Studies of Acid Esterification of High Free Fatty Acid Rubber Seed Oil

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2515-2526

  Chuah, Lai Fatt ^a   Bokhari, Awais ^a,b   Yusup, Suzana ^a   Klemeš, Jiří Jaromír ^c   Abdullah, Bawadi ^a   Akbar, Majid Majeed ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b Process and Energy Systems Engineering Center PRESTIGE   (Pakistan)

^c PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Esterification; Free fatty acid; Kinetics; Response surface methodology; Rubber seed oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975840794     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-015-2014-1     Document Type: Article

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