A new biodiesel production by water addition to supercritical tert-butyl methyl ether using a plug flow reactor

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Ridwan, Iwan^1,2  Chinwanitcharoen, Charoen³  Tamura, Kazuhiro¹ 

[1] Kanazawa Univ, Grad Sch Nat Sci & Technol, Div Nat Syst, Kakuma Machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 9201192, Japan

[2] Politekn Negeri Bandung, Dept Chem Engn, Jl Geger Kalong, Bandung 40012, Indonesia

[3] Burapha Univ, Dept Chem Engn, Saen Suk, Chonburi, Thailand

关键词: Biodiesel;    Water;    Tert-butyl methyl ether;    Supercritical reaction;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121512

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The water addition to supercritical tert-butyl methyl ether for continuous biodiesel production from rapeseed oil has been carried out to promote an essential enhancement of biodiesel yield. We developed a new biodiesel production by supercritical tert-butyl methyl ether with water and evaluated process variables influence using response surface methodology to obtain an optimum condition. We found that the optimum condition was at water addition of 25 wt%, temperature of 300 degrees C, and pressure of 20 MPa at space time of 30 min to achieve 77.39 wt% of biodiesel yield. In addition, the reaction rate constants were determined by first-order reaction model. We suggested that water addition to the supercritical tert-butyl methyl ether accelerates reaction rate and diminishes activation energy since the water acts as a catalyst for the reaction. The thermodynamic parameters were calculated using Eyring-Polanyi equation based on the transition state theory. We found that the supercritical reaction was endothermic, endergonic, and non-spontaneous.

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