relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/2078/ title: Optimization of polyol ester production by transesterification of Jatropha-based methyl ester with trimethylolpropane using Taguchi design of experiment creator: Kamil, R.N.M. creator: Yusup, S. creator: Rashid, U. description: Polyol ester production from transesterification of Jatropha oil methyl ester (JOME) and trimethylolpropane (TMP) was investigated. The effects of temperature, pressure, ratio of JOME:TMP and catalyst amount were studied in optimization experiment, using Taguchi L9 experimental layout. The parameters explored were found to have a significant impact on the reaction. The order of importance of the variables was found to be pressure, temperature, JOME:TMP molar ratio and catalyst. The optimum reaction conditions were identified to be 483 K, 25 kPa; 1.0 w/w catalyst and JOME:TMP molar ratio of 4:1. At this optimum condition the JOME conversion obtained was 91.5. Confirmation experiments were performed to demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach after the optimum levels of process parameters were determined. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. date: 2011 type: Article type: PeerReviewed identifier: Kamil, R.N.M. and Yusup, S. and Rashid, U. (2011) Optimization of polyol ester production by transesterification of Jatropha-based methyl ester with trimethylolpropane using Taguchi design of experiment. Fuel, 90 (6). pp. 2343-2345. ISSN 00162361 relation: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79953815232&doi=10.1016%2fj.fuel.2011.02.018&partnerID=40&md5=7df05fdae735926c8828ca532a1a88fc relation: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.02.018 identifier: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.02.018