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Intrinsic Transesterification Rate of Vegetable Oils

Biodiesel, also known as fatty acid methyl esters, is a favorable alternative source of energy due to its numerous ecological advantages. The majority of biodiesel produced today are done with the transesterification of triglycerides from vegetable oils with a short-chained alcohol, mainly methanol,...

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Main Author: Han , Fon Yee
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: IRC 2016
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spelling my-utp-utpedia.177782017-11-23T09:43:45Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/17778/ Intrinsic Transesterification Rate of Vegetable Oils Han , Fon Yee TP Chemical technology Biodiesel, also known as fatty acid methyl esters, is a favorable alternative source of energy due to its numerous ecological advantages. The majority of biodiesel produced today are done with the transesterification of triglycerides from vegetable oils with a short-chained alcohol, mainly methanol, in the presence of a base catalyst. For the time being, most of the transesterification studies are using pseudo first order kinetics which does not reflect the precise phenomenon of the reaction. It is very likely that the reaction rate observed is affected by physical mass transfer effect due to low miscibility of the two reactant phases (methanol and oil) that forms two layers of liquid phase and subsequently slower the initial reaction rate. Therefore, this study will narrow down reaction zone to the interface between oil and methanol droplet by adding cosolvent to conduct the reaction in a single phase. IRC 2016-01 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/17778/1/HAN%20FON%20YEE_15961.pdf Han , Fon Yee (2016) Intrinsic Transesterification Rate of Vegetable Oils. IRC, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
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Han , Fon Yee
Intrinsic Transesterification Rate of Vegetable Oils
description Biodiesel, also known as fatty acid methyl esters, is a favorable alternative source of energy due to its numerous ecological advantages. The majority of biodiesel produced today are done with the transesterification of triglycerides from vegetable oils with a short-chained alcohol, mainly methanol, in the presence of a base catalyst. For the time being, most of the transesterification studies are using pseudo first order kinetics which does not reflect the precise phenomenon of the reaction. It is very likely that the reaction rate observed is affected by physical mass transfer effect due to low miscibility of the two reactant phases (methanol and oil) that forms two layers of liquid phase and subsequently slower the initial reaction rate. Therefore, this study will narrow down reaction zone to the interface between oil and methanol droplet by adding cosolvent to conduct the reaction in a single phase.
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author Han , Fon Yee
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title Intrinsic Transesterification Rate of Vegetable Oils
title_short Intrinsic Transesterification Rate of Vegetable Oils
title_full Intrinsic Transesterification Rate of Vegetable Oils
title_fullStr Intrinsic Transesterification Rate of Vegetable Oils
title_full_unstemmed Intrinsic Transesterification Rate of Vegetable Oils
title_sort intrinsic transesterification rate of vegetable oils
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