TY - GEN
T1 - Optimal design in biodiesel production from esterification of palmitic acid in excess methanol
AU - Hiêpǎng, Tãn
AU - Chan, Yi Han
AU - Chen, Bing Hung
AU - Lee, Duu Jong
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - Optimization of esterification of palmitic acid in excess methanol by solid acid catalyst, viz. Amberlite™ IR-120 (H) resin, is studied by combining backward stepwise regression technique with a 2 5-1 fractional factorial design. Optimum conditions are found as follows: 8:1 in the molar feed ratio of methanol to palmitic acid, a reaction temperature as 61.0 °C, a reaction time of 10.5 h, catalyst loadings at 10 wt% of palmitic acid, and a stirring speed of 600 rpm. At this condition, conversion efficiency of palmitic acid to palmitic acid methyl ester reaction is near 98.9%.
AB - Optimization of esterification of palmitic acid in excess methanol by solid acid catalyst, viz. Amberlite™ IR-120 (H) resin, is studied by combining backward stepwise regression technique with a 2 5-1 fractional factorial design. Optimum conditions are found as follows: 8:1 in the molar feed ratio of methanol to palmitic acid, a reaction temperature as 61.0 °C, a reaction time of 10.5 h, catalyst loadings at 10 wt% of palmitic acid, and a stirring speed of 600 rpm. At this condition, conversion efficiency of palmitic acid to palmitic acid methyl ester reaction is near 98.9%.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84863131246
SN - 9780816910700
T3 - 11AIChE - 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings
BT - 11AIChE - 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings
T2 - 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting, 11AIChE
Y2 - 16 October 2011 through 21 October 2011
ER -