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Production of Methyl Oleate in Reactive‐Separation Systems
Author(s) -
LópezRamírez María Dolores,
GarcíaVentura Ulises Miguel,
BarrosoMuñoz Fabricio Omar,
SegoviaHernández Juan Gabriel,
Hernández Salvador
Publication year - 2016
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.201500423
Subject(s) - oleic acid , reactive distillation , chemistry , methanol , catalysis , biodiesel , biodiesel production , sulfuric acid , molar ratio , fatty acid , fatty acid methyl ester , distillation , homogeneous , chromatography , organic chemistry , biochemistry , thermodynamics , physics
The esterification of oleic acid and methanol using sulfuric acid as a homogeneous catalyst is studied in reactive‐separation systems. The conversion of the free fatty acid was investigated in two different experiments with the molar ratio of methanol/oleic acid, amount of catalyst, temperature, and reaction time as variables. The conversion of the free fatty acid was found to depend strongly on the molar ratio of methanol/oleic acid. The reaction time had a direct effect on the conversion of the free fatty acid, and this conversion decreased with higher temperature. These results were valuable for a preliminary study on biodiesel production, using an acid homogeneous catalyst in a reactive dividing‐wall distillation column.
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