Techno-economic assessment of supercritical processes for biofuel production

FJG Ortiz - The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 2020 - Elsevier
There is a number of processes involving supercritical fluids (SCF) whereby different
biofuels can be produced. On many occasions, supercritical processes can also produce …

Group-contribution SAFT equations of state: a review

F Shaahmadi, SAM Smith, CE Schwarz, AJ Burger… - Fluid Phase …, 2023 - Elsevier
We present a review and thorough assessment of recent advances and applications of
group-contribution methods (GCMs) implemented in the Statistical Associating Fluid Theory …

Expanding the applications of the SAFT-γ Mie group-contribution equation of state: prediction of thermodynamic properties and phase behavior of mixtures

AJ Haslam, A González-Pérez, S Di Lecce… - Journal of Chemical & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We present the latest developments in thermodynamic modeling using the SAFT-γ Mie
group-contribution equation of state. The group database is updated, featuring now 58 …

[HTML][HTML] Phase equilibrium modeling in biodiesel production by reactive distillation

AA Albuquerque, FTT Ng, L Danielski, L Stragevitch - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The phase equilibrium of interest in biodiesel production by reactive distillation was
modeled. Mixtures were composed of the main components found in esterification and …

The use of process simulation in supercritical fluids applications

FJG Ortiz, A Kruse - Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of supercritical fluids is spreading more and more throughout the world. The interest
in them and their applications is clear from the increasing number of papers and patents in …

Design and retrofitting of ultrasound intensified and ionic liquid catalyzed in situ algal biodiesel production

S Shrikhande, G Deshpande, AN Sawarkar… - … Research and Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Although biodiesel synthesis has been widely studied, the use of wet microalgal feedstock
for biodiesel synthesis using ionic liquid catalyst and ultrasonication is scarce to find …

CO2 process intensification of algae oil extraction to biodiesel

G Yadav, LA Fabiano, L Soh, J Zimmerman… - AIChE …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Algae‐to‐biodiesel processes are hindered by high costs and low energy return on
investment. 1, 2. Herein, three foci in research improve algae‐to‐biodiesel processes by:(1) …

A new UNIFAC parameterization for the prediction of liquid-liquid equilibrium of biodiesel systems

LCBA Bessa, MC Ferreira, CRA Abreu, EAC Batista… - Fluid Phase …, 2016 - Elsevier
The environmental adversities and the global concern about the conservation of non-
renewable natural resources have stimulated a search for environmentally friendly energy …

Modelling phase behavior of triglycerides, diglycerides and monoglycerides related to biodiesel transesterification in mixtures of alcohols and CO2 using a polar …

G Rodriguez, EJ Beckman - Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Soh et al.[1] showed that one can achieve high conversion (98%) of triglycerides to
fatty acid methyl esters at 95° C when carbon dioxide (CO 2) is used as a co-solvent to …

Extending the structural (s)-SAFT-γ Mie equation of state to primary alcohols

A Schulze-Hulbe, F Shaahmadi… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The s-SAFT-γ Mie equation of state (EoS) proposed by Shaahmadi et al.[J. Chem. Phys.
2021, 154, 244102, DOI: 10.1063/5.0048315] features a modification to SAFT-γ Mie's chain …