| Authors |
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| Publication date |
2008
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| Host editors |
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Bertrand Braunschweig
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Xavier Joulia
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| Book title |
18th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
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| ISBN |
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| ISBN (electronic) |
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9780444532282
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9780080557977
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| Series |
Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
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| Event |
18th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
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| Pages (from-to) |
775-780
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| Publisher |
Oxford: Elsevier
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| Organisations |
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Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)
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| Abstract |
This paper outlines the properties of brodiesel as renewable fuel, as well as the problems associated with its conventional production processes. The pros and cons of manufacturing biodiesel via fatty acid esterification using metal oxides as solid acid catalysts are investigated. A novel sustainable process based on catalytic reactive distillation is proposed as base case and a heat-integrated design as alternative. Significant energy savings of ∼45% are possible compared to conventional RD designs.
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| Document type |
Conference contribution
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| Language |
English
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| Published at |
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1570-7946(08)80135-6
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| Other links |
https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/52749095057
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