LAPSE:2019.0498
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LAPSE:2019.0498
Supercritical CO₂ Transesterification of Triolein to Methyl-Oleate in a Batch Reactor: Experimental and Simulation Results
April 9, 2019
In earlier work (Silva et al., 2016; Soh et al., 2014a; Soh et al., 2015), the supercritical CO₂ transesterification of triolein to methyl-oleate using Nafion solid-acid catalyst and large methanol/triolein molar feed ratios was carried out. Herein, these ratios are adjusted (from 50⁻550) to evaluate the yield of fatty acid methyl esters in batch laboratory reactors as temperature is varied from 80⁻95 °C and pressure is varied from 8.0⁻9.65 MPa. Also, to better understand the effect of varying these operating parameters, batch reactor simulations using the Soave-Redlich-Kwong Equation of State (RK-ASPEN EOS) in ASPEN PLUS are carried-out. A single-reaction kinetic model is used and phase equilibrium is computed as the reactions proceed. Experimental data are compared with these results.
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biodiesel, methyl-oleate, multiphase equilibrium, RK-ASPEN, supercritical CO2
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Yadav G, Fabiano LA, Soh L, Zimmerman J, Sen R, Seider WD. Supercritical CO₂ Transesterification of Triolein to Methyl-Oleate in a Batch Reactor: Experimental and Simulation Results. (2019). LAPSE:2019.0498
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Yadav G: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6393, USA; Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
Fabiano LA: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6393, USA
Soh L: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, USA
Zimmerman J: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Sen R: Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
Seider WD: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6393, USA
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Fabiano LA: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6393, USA
Soh L: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, USA
Zimmerman J: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Sen R: Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
Seider WD: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6393, USA
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Processes
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7
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1
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E16
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2019
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2019-01-01
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2227-9717
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PII: pr7010016, Publication Type: Journal Article
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