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Biodiesel Production from High Acid Value Waste Cooking Oil Using Supercritical Methanol: Esterification Kinetics of Free Fatty Acids

Aboelazayem, Omar ; Abdelaziz, Omar LU ; Gadalla, Mamdouh ; Hulteberg, Christian LU orcid and Saha, Basudeb (2017) 25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE) In European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings p.1381-1387
Abstract
In this study, low quality waste cooking oil (WCO) with high total acid value has been used for biodiesel production. The main factors affecting the reaction have been analysed using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). A quadratic model representing the interrelationships between reaction variables and free fatty acids (FFA) conversion has been developed. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) has been used to evaluate the significance of the predicted model. Numerical optimisation predicted the optimum conditions for maximum conversion of FFA at methanol to oil (M:O) molar ratio, temperature, pressure and time of 35:1, 260 °C, 110 bar and 16 min, respectively for 98 % conversion. The predicted optimum conditions have been validated experimentally... (More)
In this study, low quality waste cooking oil (WCO) with high total acid value has been used for biodiesel production. The main factors affecting the reaction have been analysed using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). A quadratic model representing the interrelationships between reaction variables and free fatty acids (FFA) conversion has been developed. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) has been used to evaluate the significance of the predicted model. Numerical optimisation predicted the optimum conditions for maximum conversion of FFA at methanol to oil (M:O) molar ratio, temperature, pressure and time of 35:1, 260 °C, 110 bar and 16 min, respectively for 98 % conversion. The predicted optimum conditions have been validated experimentally resulting in 97.7 % conversion of FFA with 0.3 % relative error. Kinetic and thermodynamic data of the esterification reaction has been studied resulting in pseudo first-order reaction with reaction rate constant of 0.00103 s-1, activation energy of 34.5 kJ/mol and Arrhenius constant of 1.26 s-1. Finally, a kinetic reactor has been simulated resulting in 97 % conversion of FFA with 0.716 % relative error from the experimental results. (Less)
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European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings, 25thEUBCE, June 2017
series title
European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings
article number
3CV.1.53
pages
7 pages
publisher
ETA-Florence Renewable Energies
conference name
25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE)
conference location
Stockholm, Sweden
conference dates
2017-06-12 - 2017-06-15
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  • scopus:85043756470
ISSN
2282-5819
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978-88-89407-17-2
DOI
10.5071/25thEUBCE2017-3CV.1.53
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English
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  abstract     = {{In this study, low quality waste cooking oil (WCO) with high total acid value has been used for biodiesel production. The main factors affecting the reaction have been analysed using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). A quadratic model representing the interrelationships between reaction variables and free fatty acids (FFA) conversion has been developed. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) has been used to evaluate the significance of the predicted model. Numerical optimisation predicted the optimum conditions for maximum conversion of FFA at methanol to oil (M:O) molar ratio, temperature, pressure and time of 35:1, 260 °C, 110 bar and 16 min, respectively for 98 % conversion. The predicted optimum conditions have been validated experimentally resulting in 97.7 % conversion of FFA with 0.3 % relative error. Kinetic and thermodynamic data of the esterification reaction has been studied resulting in pseudo first-order reaction with reaction rate constant of 0.00103 s-1, activation energy of 34.5 kJ/mol and Arrhenius constant of 1.26 s-1. Finally, a kinetic reactor has been simulated resulting in 97 % conversion of FFA with 0.716 % relative error from the experimental results.}},
  author       = {{Aboelazayem, Omar and Abdelaziz, Omar and Gadalla, Mamdouh and Hulteberg, Christian and Saha, Basudeb}},
  booktitle    = {{European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings, 25thEUBCE, June 2017}},
  isbn         = {{978-88-89407-17-2}},
  issn         = {{2282-5819}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{1381--1387}},
  publisher    = {{ETA-Florence Renewable Energies}},
  series       = {{European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings}},
  title        = {{Biodiesel Production from High Acid Value Waste Cooking Oil Using Supercritical Methanol: Esterification Kinetics of Free Fatty Acids}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.5071/25thEUBCE2017-3CV.1.53}},
  doi          = {{10.5071/25thEUBCE2017-3CV.1.53}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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