Multi-objective exergetic and technical optimization of a piezoelectric ultrasonic reactor applied to synthesize biodiesel from waste cooking oil (WCO) using soft computing techniques

Fuel

Volumn 235, Issue , 2019, Pages 100-112

  Aghbashlo, Mortaza ^a   Hosseinpour, Soleiman ^a   Tabatabaei, Meisam ^b,c   Mojarab Soufiyan, Mohamad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IRAN ABRII   (Iran)

^c BIOFUEL RESEARCH TEAM BRTEAM   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biodiesel production; Exergy analysis; Multi objective optimization; Piezoelectric ultrasonic reactor; Soft computing techniques; Waste cooking oil

Indexed keywords

ASTM STANDARDS; BIODIESEL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXERGY; FUZZY INFERENCE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; METHANOL; OILS AND FATS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SOFT COMPUTING; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; EXERGY ANALYSIS; PIEZOELECTRIC ULTRASONIC REACTOR; SOFTCOMPUTING TECHNIQUES; WASTE COOKING OIL;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 85050381982     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2018.07.095     Document Type: Article

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