Biodiesel production technologies [[electronic resource] /] / Jorge Mario Marchetti

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827985203321
• Autore: Marchetti Jorge Mario
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• ISBN: 1-61728-790-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (178 p.)
• Collana: Energy science, engineering and technology
• Disciplina: 662/.669
• Soggetti: Biodiesel fuels
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- BIODIESEL PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES -- BIODIESEL PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 GENERAL FUEL SITUATION -- 1. GENERAL WORLD OIL SITUATION -- 2. CURRENT BIOFUEL WORLD SITUATION -- 3. BIODIESEL STANDARD -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 GENERAL BACKGROUND ABOUT BIODIESEL -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Advantages -- 1.2. Disadvantages -- 2. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS OF THE BIODIESEL PRODUCTION PROCESS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 ALTERNATIVE FEEDSTOCKS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. TYPES OF RAW VEGETABLE OIL -- 3. NEWEST RAW MATERIAL -- 4. BIODIESEL PROPERTIES FROM DIFFERENT VEGETABLE OILS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 HOMOGENEOUS BASE TECHNOLOGY -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. TRANSESTERIFICATION REACTION -- 3. KINETICS -- 4. ECONOMIC STUDY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 HOMOGENEOUS ACID TECHNOLOGY -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ESTERIFICATION REACTION -- 3 TRANSESTERIFICATION REACTION -- 4. KINETICS -- 4.1. Kinetic Model for the Esterification Reaction -- 4.2. Kinetic Model for Both Reactions Simultaneously -- 4.3. More Complex Mechanism -- 5. ECONOMIC STUDY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ESTERIFICATION REACTION -- 3. TRANSESTERIFICATION REACTION -- 4. KINETICS -- 4.1. Esterification Kinetics -- 4.2. Transesterification Kinetics -- 5. ECONOMIC STUDY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 ENZYMATIC CATALYSIS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ESTERIFICATION ; REACTION -- 3. TRANSESTERIFICATION REACTION -- 4. TRANSESTERIFICATION KINETICS -- 5. ECONOMICS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 SUPERCRITICAL TECHNOLOGY -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ESTERIFICATION REACTION -- 3. TRANSESTERIFICATION REACTION -- 4. KINETICS MODEL FOR THE TRANSESTERIFICATION REACTION -- 5. ECONOMIC STUDY FOR SUPERCRITICAL TECHNOLOGY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 OTHERS POSSIBLE TECHNOLOGIES.; 1. INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS -- 1. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.