Studies on the performance of tubular flow reactor for esterification of free fatty acid from used cooking oil using highly porous cation exchange resin as catalyst

Semi-batch esterification of free fatty acid (FFA) from used cooking oil with methanol was carried out using RCP160M cation exchange resin in a tubular flow reactor (TFR). The results revealed that the conversion of FFA increased with the increase of catalyst bed height, methanol to oil mass ratio a...

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Main Authors: Nursofia, Mohd Yunus, Sumaiya, Zainal Abidin, Chin, S. Y.
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
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description Semi-batch esterification of free fatty acid (FFA) from used cooking oil with methanol was carried out using RCP160M cation exchange resin in a tubular flow reactor (TFR). The results revealed that the conversion of FFA increased with the increase of catalyst bed height, methanol to oil mass ratio and decreases with increase of feedstock flow rates. However, the FFA conversion was decreased upon further increases of methanol to oil mass ratio from 6:1 to 12:1. This might possibly happen due to several factors such as mass transfer limitation between reactants and catalyst and inhomogeneity of the reactants during the reaction.
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spelling ump-222882018-10-11T04:32:32Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22288/ Studies on the performance of tubular flow reactor for esterification of free fatty acid from used cooking oil using highly porous cation exchange resin as catalyst Nursofia, Mohd Yunus Sumaiya, Zainal Abidin Chin, S. Y. TP Chemical technology Semi-batch esterification of free fatty acid (FFA) from used cooking oil with methanol was carried out using RCP160M cation exchange resin in a tubular flow reactor (TFR). The results revealed that the conversion of FFA increased with the increase of catalyst bed height, methanol to oil mass ratio and decreases with increase of feedstock flow rates. However, the FFA conversion was decreased upon further increases of methanol to oil mass ratio from 6:1 to 12:1. This might possibly happen due to several factors such as mass transfer limitation between reactants and catalyst and inhomogeneity of the reactants during the reaction. Taylor & Francis 2018 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22288/1/Studies%20on%20the%20performance%20of%20tubular%20flow%20reactor%20for%20esterification%20of%20free%20fatty%20acid%20from%20used%20cooking%20oil%20using%20highly%20porous%20cation%20exchange%20resin%20as%20catalyst.pdf Nursofia, Mohd Yunus and Sumaiya, Zainal Abidin and Chin, S. Y. (2018) Studies on the performance of tubular flow reactor for esterification of free fatty acid from used cooking oil using highly porous cation exchange resin as catalyst. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, 40 (21). pp. 2518-2527. ISSN 1556-7036 (Print); 1556-7230 (Online). (Published) https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2018.1503757 doi: 10.1080/15567036.2018.1503757
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Nursofia, Mohd Yunus
Sumaiya, Zainal Abidin
Chin, S. Y.
Studies on the performance of tubular flow reactor for esterification of free fatty acid from used cooking oil using highly porous cation exchange resin as catalyst
title Studies on the performance of tubular flow reactor for esterification of free fatty acid from used cooking oil using highly porous cation exchange resin as catalyst
title_full Studies on the performance of tubular flow reactor for esterification of free fatty acid from used cooking oil using highly porous cation exchange resin as catalyst
title_fullStr Studies on the performance of tubular flow reactor for esterification of free fatty acid from used cooking oil using highly porous cation exchange resin as catalyst
title_full_unstemmed Studies on the performance of tubular flow reactor for esterification of free fatty acid from used cooking oil using highly porous cation exchange resin as catalyst
title_short Studies on the performance of tubular flow reactor for esterification of free fatty acid from used cooking oil using highly porous cation exchange resin as catalyst
title_sort studies on the performance of tubular flow reactor for esterification of free fatty acid from used cooking oil using highly porous cation exchange resin as catalyst
topic TP Chemical technology
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