Patti, Miguel A.; Feroldi, Diego; Zumoffen, David(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-06-12)
[EN] This work presents the development and implementation of an MPC controller for the neutralization and washing area of a biodiesel production plant, which is rigorously modeled using the Aspen Hysys software. An advanced ...
[EN] The production of biodiesel in Brazil is encouraged by the government through
the Fuel Stamp, a certification system linked to the National Plan for Production
and Use of Biodiesel – PNPB – aimed at promoting economic ...
Garcia-Martinez, Nuria; Andreo-Martinez, Pedro; Quesada-Medina, Joaquín; Perez de los Ríos, Antonia; Chica, Antonio; Beneito-Ruiz, Rubén; Carratala-Abril, Juan(Elsevier, 2017)
[EN] The biodiesel production from non-edible oils has high potential as renewable and ecological fuel. Few researches have been conducted to date on the production of biodiesel from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) seed oil. ...
Mazarío-Santa-Pau, Jaime; Jampaiah, Deshetti; Concepción Heydorn, Patricia; Villasante-Iturria, Pablo; Wilson, Karen; Lee, Adam; Domine, Marcelo Eduardo(The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024-05)
[EN] The selective dehydration of glycerol to hydroxyacetone (acetol) was studied in a continuous flow fixed-bed reactor with CuO supported on monoclinic (m-) or tetragonal (t-) ZrO2 nanoparticles. Catalysts were characterised ...