%A W.N. Wan Ab Rashid
%A Y. Uemura
%A K. Kusakabe
%A N. Osman
%A B. Abdullah
%D 2014
%O cited By 1; Conference of 4th International Conference on Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, ICME 2013 ; Conference Date: 17 December 2013 Through 18 December 2013; Conference Code:101955
%C Bangi-Putrajaya
%X 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. © (2014) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
%K Biodiesel production; Fatty acid methyl ester; Inner diameters; Millichannel reactor; Residence time; Tube length; Tubular reactors, Esterification; Esters; Industrial engineering; Palm oil; Potassium hydroxide; Transesterification, Biodiesel
%L scholars4435
%V 465-46
%R 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.465-466.232
%T Biodiesel production from palm oil in a millichannel reactor
%J Applied Mechanics and Materials
%P 232-236