Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6633847 | Fuel | 2016 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
In the present study, the kinetics of transesterification of palm oil was explored under conventional heating and microwave irradiation, using CaO as heterogeneous catalyst. The optimal experimental conditions were, microwave power of 150Â W, alcohol to oil molar ratio of 9:1, catalyst of 5%, stirring speed of 450Â r/min and reaction time of 60Â min. By establishing kinetic models, the total reaction orders of transesterification under the two heating methods were figured out. The total reaction order under conventional heating was 1, while 3 under microwave irradiation, which indicated that microwave irradiation could increase the overall reaction order and accelerate the conversion rate for biomass to biodiesel.
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Authors
Wei Ye, Yujie Gao, Hui Ding, Mingchao Liu, Shejiang Liu, Xu Han, Jinlong Qi,