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Influence of Mass Transfer on the Production of Biodiesel
Author(s) -
Lifka J.,
Ondruschka B.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.200407033
Subject(s) - biodiesel , biodiesel production , mass transfer , mixing (physics) , methanol , biochemical engineering , process engineering , reactivity (psychology) , production (economics) , production rate , chemistry , pulp and paper industry , thermodynamics , waste management , chemical engineering , materials science , engineering , organic chemistry , physics , catalysis , chromatography , economics , medicine , alternative medicine , quantum mechanics , pathology , macroeconomics
The growing interest in alternative fuels makes it important to optimize classical routes for the production of biodiesel, as well as to explore and introduce non‐classical alternatives. For the investigations reported in this article, a two‐phase system consisting of rape oil and methanol was chosen. The goal of the experiments was to investigate whether ultrasound had a significant influence on the conversion rate of the reaction and the reaction mechanism, or if more intensive mixing of the reaction mixture was required to cause an increased reactivity.