<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Optimization of polyol ester production by transesterification of Jatropha-based methyl ester with trimethylolpropane using Taguchi design of experiment"^^ . "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."^^ . "2011" . . "90" . "6" . . "Fuel"^^ . . . "00162361" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "S."^^ . "Yusup"^^ . "S. Yusup"^^ . . "R.N.M."^^ . "Kamil"^^ . "R.N.M. Kamil"^^ . . "U."^^ . "Rashid"^^ . "U. Rashid"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #2078 \n\nOptimization of polyol ester production by transesterification of Jatropha-based methyl ester with trimethylolpropane using Taguchi design of experiment\n\n" . "text/html" . .