Biodiesel Production by Quaternized Polysulfone Membrane: Experimental and Kinetics Model

The quaternized polysulfone catalytic membrane as a heterogeneous catalyst was used for producing biodiesel from continuous transesterification of soybean oil and methanol in flow-through catalytic membrane reactor. A kinetic model of transesterification for describing the transesterification was established. The conversions obtained from established model are in good agreement with the experimental data. The kinetics model of membrane can well predict the transesterificaton conversion.