کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
761029 1462897 2013 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
A new heterogeneous acid catalyst for esterification: Optimization using response surface methodology
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی انرژی انرژی (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
A new heterogeneous acid catalyst for esterification: Optimization using response surface methodology
چکیده انگلیسی

Studies on heterogeneous acid catalysts for converting free fatty acids into biodiesel have been intensified over the years. This paper focuses on the optimization of a new catalyst system, ferric-alginate as a heterogeneous acid catalyst to esterify lauric acid into methyl laurate. Methanol to lauric acid molar ratio and catalyst amount was optimized using response surface methodology (RSM). The best reaction conditions to achieve methyl laurate yield of 99% was found to be 0.16:1 ferric-alginate to lauric acid mass ratio and 16:1 methanol to lauric acid molar ratio. The reaction time and temperature was fixed at 3 h and methanol refluxing temperature, respectively. The optimized reaction conditions were also used to esterify palm fatty acid distillate to give 89% methyl esters conversion. The acid value of palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) was reduced from 228 to 0.8 mg KOH/g PFAD.

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► Esterification of lauric acid with ferric-alginate gives 99% conversion.
► Optimized conditions are 0.16:1 ferric-alginate to lauric acid mass ratio and 16:1 methanol to lauric acid molar ratio.
► The conditions were optimized using Central Composite Design (CCD).
► Esterification of PFAD using the optimized conditions gave 89% yield.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Energy Conversion and Management - Volume 65, January 2013, Pages 392–396
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