TY - GEN
T1 - Continuous production of biodiesel by a passive millimeter-micrometer fluidic system
AU - Chen, I. Lun
AU - Yeh, Szu I.
AU - Yang, Jing Tang
N1 - Funding Information:
We deeply appreciate the Ministry of Science and Technology for financial support of this study under contracts NSC 104-2221-E-002-137.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In this work, we developed a passive millimeter-micrometer fluidic device for biodiesel production which is composed of the esterification, purification and separation sub-systems. The biodiesel produced by this device was confirmed the FAME standard ASTM D6751 in U.S.A.. While the raw material (soybean oil and methanol) go through the esterification system, the conversion rate is more than 90% at room temperature (23 oC). Then, the methanol content of the biodiesel was reduced from 6% before washing to less than 0.2% after washing. Eventually, the pure biodiesel with no glycerol peaks in the NMR chart was collected from the upper outlet of this chip. This millimeter-micrometer fluidic device integrated the continuous biodiesel production processes with no stirring, heating and any additional instruments by passive structure of flow channels which is attainable, conforming to the requirements of the global trend for green energy development.
AB - In this work, we developed a passive millimeter-micrometer fluidic device for biodiesel production which is composed of the esterification, purification and separation sub-systems. The biodiesel produced by this device was confirmed the FAME standard ASTM D6751 in U.S.A.. While the raw material (soybean oil and methanol) go through the esterification system, the conversion rate is more than 90% at room temperature (23 oC). Then, the methanol content of the biodiesel was reduced from 6% before washing to less than 0.2% after washing. Eventually, the pure biodiesel with no glycerol peaks in the NMR chart was collected from the upper outlet of this chip. This millimeter-micrometer fluidic device integrated the continuous biodiesel production processes with no stirring, heating and any additional instruments by passive structure of flow channels which is attainable, conforming to the requirements of the global trend for green energy development.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85014278465
T3 - 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016
SP - 1501
EP - 1502
BT - 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016
PB - Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society
T2 - 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016
Y2 - 9 October 2016 through 13 October 2016
ER -