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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP ON CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UNPAR 2013 (ICCE UNPAR 2013)
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages 165-171Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.proche.2014.05.020
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Biodiesel; millichannel reactor; transesterification; palm oil
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- Mitsubishi Corporation Education Trust Fund
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Application of microtube reactor for the continuous synthesis of biodiesel has been widely studied due to excellent performance in liquid-liquid phase reaction. In order to commercialize biodiesel production, integration of microtube reactor is highly recommended. Therefore, in this study, synthesis of biodiesel was carried out in capillary millichannel reactor with inner diameter of 1.59 mm using methanol and potassium hydroxide (KOH) as base catalyst with palm oil as a feedstock. The influences of reaction temperature, methanol to oil molar ratio, and KOH concentration on the production of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) were examined. The highest FAME yield was achieved at 60 degrees C with 23:1 methanol to oil molar ratio and 5 wt% of KOH concentration. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of the Organizing Committee of ICCE UNPAR 2013
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