Supercritical CO2 transesterification of triolein to methyl-oleate in a batch reactor: Experimental and simulation results
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Abstract
- In earlier work (Silva et al., 2016; Soh et al., 2014a; Soh et al., 2015), the supercritical
CO2 transesterification of triolein to methyl-oleate using Nafion solid-acid catalyst and large
methanol/triolein molar feed ratios was carried out. Herein, these ratios are adjusted (from 50–550) to
evaluate the yield of fatty acid methyl esters in batch laboratory reactors as temperature is varied from
80–95 C and pressure is varied from 8.0–9.65 MPa. Also, to better understand the effect of varying
these operating parameters, batch reactor simulations using the Soave-Redlich-Kwong Equation of
State (RK-ASPEN EOS) in ASPEN PLUS are carried-out. A single-reaction kinetic model is used
and phase equilibrium is computed as the reactions proceed. Experimental data are compared with
these results.
| Title | Supercritical CO2 transesterification of triolein to methyl-oleate in a batch reactor: Experimental and simulation results |
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| Creator | Soh, Lindsay |
| Sen, R. | |
| Zimmerman, J. | |
| Yadav, G. | |
| Fabiano, L. A. | |
| Seider, W. D. | |
| Publisher | Processes |
| Academic Department | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
| Division | Engineering |
| Organization | Lafayette College |
| Date Issued | January 2019 |
| Date Available | 2019-01-07T16:23:15Z |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | multiphase equilibrium |
| biodiesel | |
| supercritical CO2 | |
| methyl-oleate | |
| RK-ASPEN | |
| Bibliographic Citation | Yadav, G. (2019 Jan) "Supercritical CO2 transesterification of triolein to methyl-oleate in a batch reactor: Experimental and simulation results." Processes 7.1: Article 16. |
| Standard Identifier | Handle 10385/2544 |
| DOI 10.3390/pr7010016 | |
| Permalink | http://hdl.handle.net/10385/2544 |
| Rights Statement |
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| Rights Holders | Soh, Lindsay |
| Sen, R. | |
| Zimmerman, J. | |
| Yadav, G. | |
| Fabiano, L. A. | |
| Seider, W. D. |
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