TY  - JOUR
KW  - Activation energy; Biodiesel; Catalysts; Esterification; Esters; Kinetics; Microwave devices; Microwaves; Oils and fats; Reaction kinetics
KW  -  Esterification of free fatty acids; Esterification reactions; Free fatty acid; High free fatty acids; High-quality products; Microwave technology; Pre-Treatment; Second-order reaction
KW  -  Fatty acids
KW  -  biodiesel; fatty acid; sulfuric acid; vegetable oil; biofuel; vegetable oil
KW  -  activation energy; biofuel; chemical reaction; dicotyledon; fatty acid; microwave radiation; oil; reaction kinetics; seed
KW  -  Article; catalyst; energy; esterification; kapok; kinetic parameters; kinetics; microwave radiation; priority journal; rate constant; reaction analysis; reaction time; temperature; Ceiba; chemistry; esterification; metabolism; plant seed
KW  -  Ceiba pentandra
KW  -  Biofuels; Ceiba; Esterification; Fatty Acids
KW  -  Nonesterified; Kinetics; Microwaves; Plant Oils; Seeds
ID  - scholars6958
N2  - Recently, a great attention has been paid to advanced microwave technology that can be used to markedly enhance the biodiesel production process. Ceiba pentandra Seed Oil containing high free fatty acids (FFA) was utilized as a non-edible feedstock for biodiesel production. Microwave-assisted esterification pretreatment was conducted to reduce the FFA content for promoting a high-quality product in the next step. At optimum condition, the conversion was achieved 94.43 using 2 wt of sulfuric acid as catalyst where as 20.83 conversion was attained without catalyst. The kinetics of this esterification reaction was also studied to determine the influence of factors on the rate of reaction and reaction mechanisms. The results indicated that microwave-assisted esterification was of endothermic second-order reaction with the activation energy of 53.717 kJ/mol. © 2016.
VL  - 211
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84961664645&doi=10.1016%2fj.biortech.2016.03.105&partnerID=40&md5=d29b657901a796ef596d25ae966c0001
A1  - Lieu, T.
A1  - Yusup, S.
A1  - Moniruzzaman, M.
JF  - Bioresource Technology
Y1  - 2016///
TI  - Kinetic study on microwave-assisted esterification of free fatty acids derived from Ceiba pentandra Seed Oil
SP  - 248
N1  - cited By 49
AV  - none
EP  - 256
SN  - 09608524
PB  - Elsevier Ltd
ER  -