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Solvent‐Aided Crystallization for Biodiesel Purification
Author(s) -
Samsuri Shafirah,
Jian Ngiam Li,
Jusoh Farah Wahida,
Hernández Yáñez Eduard,
Yahya Noor Yahida
Publication year - 2020
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.201900433
Subject(s) - biodiesel , crystallization , solvent , chemistry , fatty acid methyl ester , chromatography , biodiesel production , gas chromatography , biofuel , process (computing) , mass spectrometry , organic chemistry , pulp and paper industry , waste management , catalysis , computer science , engineering , operating system
The application of solvent‐aided crystallization (SAC) is based on the addition of a solvent, here 1‐butanol, to crude biodiesel to catalyze the purification process by separating biodiesel from contaminants via crystallization process. Response surface methodology was applied to optimize the process parameters of SAC, represented by biodiesel purity. The purified biodiesel was analyzed by means of gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry for the composition of the present fatty acid methyl ester (FAME). Under the predicted optimum process conditions within the experimental ranges for the highest biodiesel purity, the predicted biodiesel purity was 99.375 %.