Advanced Technologies in Biodiesel: Introduction to Principles and Emerging Trends
Advanced Technologies in Biodiesel: Introduction to Principles and Emerging Trends
Editor/Author
Islam, Aminul
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: Momentum Press
Single-User Purchase Price:
$65.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$97.50
ISBN: 978-1-60-650502-1
Image Count:
58
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
The book Advanced Technologies in Biodiesel is intended to provide a look at cutting-edge research and emerging trends in biodiesel production technologies. Biodiesel offers opportunities to develop domestic resources in a cost effective manner, supplementing petroleum consumption with renewable biomass resources.
Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to Biodiesel
- Real Challenge to Biodiesel
- Sources of Biodiesel
- Generation of Biofuel
- Biodiesel Standards Specifications
- Biodiesel as Transportation Fuel
- Reactor and Refining Technologies for Biodiesel Production
- Reactor Technologies
- Separation of Crude Biodiesel
- Methanol Recovery from Biodiesel
- Refining of Biodiesel
- Membrane Technology
- Biodiesel Production Processes
- Homogeneous Base-Catalyzed Process
- Homogeneous Acid-Catalyzed Process
- Variables Affecting in Homogeneous Acid/Base Transesterification
- Heterogeneously Catalyzed Process
- Process Variables of a Heterogeneously-Catalyzed System
- Enzyme-Catalyzed Transesterification
- Ultrasound-Assistant Process
- Microwave-Assistant Process
- Supercritical Process
- Biodiesel Storage Stability
- Methods for Quality Assessment of Biodiesel
- Gas Chromatography Method
- HPLC Method
- Gel Permeation Chromatography Method
- TLC Method
- Spectroscopic Methods
- Other Methods
- References
- About the Authors