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Effect of design parameters on esterification pretreatment by modifiedreactive distillation of high free fatty acid oil with ethanol |
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| Creator | 1. Kulchanat Prasertsit 2. Sukritthira Ratanawilai 3. Pawarat Thummasaneh |
| Title | Effect of design parameters on esterification pretreatment by modifiedreactive distillation of high free fatty acid oil with ethanol |
| Publisher | Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University |
| Publication Year | 2561 |
| Journal Title | Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology |
| Journal Vol. | 40 |
| Journal No. | 4 |
| Page no. | 970 |
| Keyword | crude palm oil, esterification, reactive distillation, amberlite-15 catalyst, ethanol |
| URL Website | http://rdo.psu.ac.th/sjstweb/index.php |
| ISSN | 0125-3395 |
| Abstract | To treat high free fatty acid (FFA) feedstock, the reduction of FFA by esterification was investigated in a modifiedcontinuous reactive distillation column. In the study, the molar ratio of ethanol to crude palm oil was 8:1 and the reactiontemperature was 80?5 oC with Amberlite-15 catalyst and feed rate of 4.27 ml/min. To study effects of design parameters, effectsof the mass ratio of Amberlite-15 catalyst to activated carbon (from 1.19to 5.26), the initial concentration of FFA in feedstock,the feed location, the catalyst distribution, and the residence time were examined experimentally The Taguchi method andsensibility analysis showed that residence time had the largest effect on FFA conversion while the initial FFA content and theamount of catalyst were secondary. |
