Transesterification of rapeseed oil in subcritical methanol conditions |
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Authors: | JM Encinar A PardalG Martínez |
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Affiliation: | a Chemical Engineering and Physical Chemistry Department, Extremadura University, Avenida de Elvas s/n. 06071-Badajoz, Spainb Environmental Sciences Department, ESAB, IP Beja, Rua Pedro Soares s/n. 7800-Beja, Portugal |
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Abstract: | In this study, transesterification of rapeseed oil using subcritical methanol conditions was studied. The objective of the work was characterizing the methyl esters for its use as biodiesel in compression ignition motors. The variables affecting the methyl ester yield during the transesterification reaction, such as, the catalyst type and content, reaction temperature and pressure, the presence of hexane as co-solvent, the methanol oil molar ratio and the methanol hexane molar ratio were investigated to optimize the reaction conditions. The evolution of the process was followed by gas chromatography, determining the concentration of the methyl esters at different reaction times. The biodiesel was characterized by its density, viscosity, saponification value, iodine value, acidity index and water content, according to ISO norms. High methyl ester yield and fast reaction rate could be obtained even if the reaction pressure was relatively low, which is quite favorable to the production of biodiesel in industry. |
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Keywords: | Biodiesel Rapeseed oil Transesterification Methanol Subcritical conditions Hexane as co-solvent |
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