Design and development of bubble-cap tray column for continuous transesterification plant in coconut-oil-based biodiesel production

A study was carried out on production of biodiesel from coconut oil using alkali catalyzed transesterification process by two different reactive distillation columns, viz. sieve tray and bubble-cap tray column. Coconut oil with free fatty acid content of 1.2% was used for transesterification. In la...

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Main Authors: P GNANASELVI, P SUBRAMANIAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indian Council of Agricultural Research 2016-06-01
Series:The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
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Online Access:https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/58304