Journal
FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
Volume 90, Issue 4, Pages 570-575Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2009.01.001
Keywords
Biodiesel; Animal fat; Pilot plant; Beef tallow
Funding
- CNPq
- MEGAPETRO PETROLEO BRASIL LTDA
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In the present work, the process of biodiesel production in a pilot plant has been studied using beef tallow as raw materials with methanol and potassium hydroxide as catalyst. The biodiesel quality is regulated by Brazilian specifications (Resolution 42) by the National Agency of Petroleum (ANP). The alkaline transesterification of animal fat with methanol produces a biodiesel with high quality and also with a good conversion rate. The process is possible but the economical viability must be improved by recovering methanol and glycerin. The obtained results have been used for industrial scale up of the process. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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