Production of Methyl Oleate in Reactive‐Separation Systems |
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| Authors: | María Dolores López‐Ramírez Ulises Miguel García‐Ventura Fabricio Omar Barroso‐Muñoz Juan Gabriel Segovia‐Hernández Salvador Hernández |
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| Affiliation: | Universidad de Guanajuato, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Guanajuato, México. |
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| Abstract: | The esterification of oleic acid and methanol using sulfuric acid as a homogeneous catalyst is studied in reactive‐separation systems. The conversion of the free fatty acid was investigated in two different experiments with the molar ratio of methanol/oleic acid, amount of catalyst, temperature, and reaction time as variables. The conversion of the free fatty acid was found to depend strongly on the molar ratio of methanol/oleic acid. The reaction time had a direct effect on the conversion of the free fatty acid, and this conversion decreased with higher temperature. These results were valuable for a preliminary study on biodiesel production, using an acid homogeneous catalyst in a reactive dividing‐wall distillation column. |
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| Keywords: | Biodiesel production Esterification reaction Methyl oleate Reactive distillation |
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