Esterification of Fatty Acids with Short-Chain Alcohols over Commercial Acid Clays in a Semi-Continuous Reactor

Esterification of Fatty Acids with Short-Chain Alcohols over Commercial Acid Clays in a Semi-Continuous Reactor

Production of fatty acid esters from stearic, oleic, and palmitic acids and short-chain alcohols (methanol, ethanol, propanol, and butanol) for the production of biodiesel was investigated in this work. A series of montmorillonite-based clays catalysts (KSF, KSF/0, KP10, and K10) were used as acidic...

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Main Authors: Mohamed H. Frikha, Mahmoud Trabelsi, Soumaya Bouguerra Neji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2009-11-01
Series:Energies
Subjects:
esterification
montmorillonite
semi-continuous reactor
fatty acid
hydrated alcohol
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/2/4/1107/

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