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Lookup NU author(s): Luma Al-Saadi, Dr Valentine Eze, Professor Adam Harvey
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© 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim A mesoscale oscillatory baffled reactor (meso-OBR) served as a continuous screening platform to rapidly investigate the operating conditions for acid-catalyzed production of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) from triglyceride feedstock. The acid catalyst was 4-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (DBSA) and the triglyceride feedstock was rapeseed oil (RSO). The parameter space was explored by means of a design of experiments (DoE) methodology. The variables screened were methanol-to-RSO molar ratio, catalyst-to-oil molar ratio, and residence time. Over 98 % conversion of RSO to FAME could be achieved under optimized conditions.
Author(s): Al-Saadi LS, Alegria A, Eze VC, Harvey AP
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Chemical Engineering and Technology
Year: 2019
Volume: 42
Issue: 3
Pages: 539-548
Print publication date: 20/02/2019
Online publication date: 24/01/2019
Acceptance date: 17/12/2018
Date deposited: 01/03/2019
ISSN (print): 0930-7516
ISSN (electronic): 1521-4125
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/ceat.201800203
DOI: 10.1002/ceat.201800203
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