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Pseudo-Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Kinetic Models of the NaOH-Catalyzed Methanolysis Reaction for Biodiesel Production

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  • Silvia Zabala

    (Departamento de Ciencias, Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics (INAMAT2), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Arrosadia Campus, 31006 Pamplona, Spain)

  • Inés Reyero

    (Departamento de Ciencias, Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics (INAMAT2), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Arrosadia Campus, 31006 Pamplona, Spain)

  • Idoia Campo

    (Departamento de Ciencias, Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics (INAMAT2), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Arrosadia Campus, 31006 Pamplona, Spain)

  • Gurutze Arzamendi

    (Departamento de Ciencias, Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics (INAMAT2), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Arrosadia Campus, 31006 Pamplona, Spain)

  • Luis M. Gandía

    (Departamento de Ciencias, Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics (INAMAT2), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Arrosadia Campus, 31006 Pamplona, Spain)

Abstract

Methanolysis of vegetable oils in the presence of homogeneous catalysts remains the most important process for producing biodiesel. However, there is still a lack of accurate description of the reaction kinetics. This is in part due to the complexity of the reacting system in which a large number of interconnected reactions take place simultaneously. In this work, attention is focused on the biphasic character of the reaction medium, formed by two immiscible liquid phases. The behavior of the phases is investigated regarding their physicochemical properties, mainly density and mutual solubility of the components, as well as composition. In addition, two kinetic models with different level of complexity regarding the biphasic character of the reaction medium have been developed. It has been found that a heterogeneous model considering the presence of the two phases and the distribution of the several compounds between them is indispensable to get a good description of the process in terms of oil conversion and products yields. The model captures the effects of the main variables of an isothermal batch methanolysis process: methanol/oil molar ratio, reaction time and catalyst concentration. Nevertheless, some adjustment is still required as concerns modelling of the saponification reactions and catalyst deactivation.

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  • Silvia Zabala & Inés Reyero & Idoia Campo & Gurutze Arzamendi & Luis M. Gandía, 2021. "Pseudo-Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Kinetic Models of the NaOH-Catalyzed Methanolysis Reaction for Biodiesel Production," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-15, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:14:p:4192-:d:592353
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    1. A. Alcantara & F. J. Lopez-Gimenez & M. P. Dorado, 2020. "Universal Kinetic Model to Simulate Two-Step Biodiesel Production from Vegetable Oil," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-15, June.
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