TY  - JOUR
Y1  - 2011///
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79953815232&doi=10.1016%2fj.fuel.2011.02.018&partnerID=40&md5=7df05fdae735926c8828ca532a1a88fc
A1  - Kamil, R.N.M.
A1  - Yusup, S.
A1  - Rashid, U.
JF  - Fuel
VL  - 90
N2  - 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.
IS  - 6
KW  - Effects of temperature; Jatropha; Jatropha oil; Methyl esters; Molar ratio; Optimum conditions; Optimum reaction conditions; Polyol ester; Polyol esters; Process parameters; Significant impacts; Taguchi; Taguchi design of experiment; Trimethylolpropane
KW  -  Alcohols; Catalysts; Design of experiments; Esterification; Optimization; Taguchi methods; Temperature; Thermomechanical pulping process; Transesterification
KW  -  Esters
ID  - scholars2078
SN  - 00162361
EP  - 2345
AV  - none
N1  - cited By 43
SP  - 2343
TI  - Optimization of polyol ester production by transesterification of Jatropha-based methyl ester with trimethylolpropane using Taguchi design of experiment
ER  -