Biodiesel Production from Palm Oil in a Millichannel Reactor Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Transesterification of palm oil with methanol using a potassium hydroxide (KOH) catalyst to form fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) commercially known as biodiesel was performed in a millichannel reactor. In this study, a transparent Teflon tubular reactor with the inner diameter of 1.59 mm at 60 °C was carried out to produce FAME. Residence time was changed by changing the tube length and flow rate. The residence time of 69 s is required to achieve more than 88% of ester content. The relationship between ester content and flow pattern was also investigated.

authors

  • Wan Ab Rashid, Wan Norita
  • Uemura, Yoshimitsu
  • Kusakabe, Katsuki
  • Osman, Noridah binti
  • Abdullah, Bawadi

publication date

  • 2013

number of pages

  • 4

start page

  • 232

end page

  • 236

volume

  • 465-466