Glycerolysis of palm fatty acid distillate for biodiesel feedstock under different reactor conditions

This paper deals with the comparative study on glycerolysis of palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) in a solvent free system at different reaction conditions in an attempt to get maximum degree of FFA% reduction for biodiesel feedstock. Initially, optimization of varied reaction parameters was performe...

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Main Authors: Aminul Islam, Hamid Reza FardMasoumi, Siow HwaTeo, YadollahAbdollahi, Jidon Janaun, Yun HinTaufiq-Yap
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Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21726/7/Glycerolysis%20of%20palm%20fatty%20acid%20distillate%20for%20biodiesel%20feedstock%20under%20different%20reactor%20conditions.pdf
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author Aminul Islam
Hamid Reza FardMasoumi
Siow HwaTeo
YadollahAbdollahi
Jidon Janaun
Yun HinTaufiq-Yap
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Hamid Reza FardMasoumi
Siow HwaTeo
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Jidon Janaun
Yun HinTaufiq-Yap
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description This paper deals with the comparative study on glycerolysis of palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) in a solvent free system at different reaction conditions in an attempt to get maximum degree of FFA% reduction for biodiesel feedstock. Initially, optimization of varied reaction parameters was performed under all the different reaction conditions using artificial neural network (ANN) based on the genetic algorithm (GA). It has been found that the reduction of acidity varies with varying reaction conditions with maximum reaction rate observed in case of reaction carried-out in open reactor system with inert gas flow, followed by the reaction in open reactor system without inert gas flow and then in case of reaction under the close reactor system. In the most favorable case, 1.5 mgKOH/gPFAD of FFA (free fatty acid) was achieved after 90 min of reaction time with an excess glycerol of 4% at 220 °C. The results from the ANN model show good agreement with experimental results. Thus, the glycerolysis in open reactor system with inert gas flow (N2) option is much-preferred option compared to acid esterification for the same biodiesel plant capacity, particularly for high-FFA feedstocks.
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spelling ums.eprints-217262020-04-19T07:45:31Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21726/ Glycerolysis of palm fatty acid distillate for biodiesel feedstock under different reactor conditions Aminul Islam Hamid Reza FardMasoumi Siow HwaTeo YadollahAbdollahi Jidon Janaun Yun HinTaufiq-Yap QD Chemistry This paper deals with the comparative study on glycerolysis of palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) in a solvent free system at different reaction conditions in an attempt to get maximum degree of FFA% reduction for biodiesel feedstock. Initially, optimization of varied reaction parameters was performed under all the different reaction conditions using artificial neural network (ANN) based on the genetic algorithm (GA). It has been found that the reduction of acidity varies with varying reaction conditions with maximum reaction rate observed in case of reaction carried-out in open reactor system with inert gas flow, followed by the reaction in open reactor system without inert gas flow and then in case of reaction under the close reactor system. In the most favorable case, 1.5 mgKOH/gPFAD of FFA (free fatty acid) was achieved after 90 min of reaction time with an excess glycerol of 4% at 220 °C. The results from the ANN model show good agreement with experimental results. Thus, the glycerolysis in open reactor system with inert gas flow (N2) option is much-preferred option compared to acid esterification for the same biodiesel plant capacity, particularly for high-FFA feedstocks. Elsevier 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21726/7/Glycerolysis%20of%20palm%20fatty%20acid%20distillate%20for%20biodiesel%20feedstock%20under%20different%20reactor%20conditions.pdf Aminul Islam and Hamid Reza FardMasoumi and Siow HwaTeo and YadollahAbdollahi and Jidon Janaun and Yun HinTaufiq-Yap (2016) Glycerolysis of palm fatty acid distillate for biodiesel feedstock under different reactor conditions. Fuel, 174. pp. 133-139. ISSN 0016-2361
spellingShingle QD Chemistry
Aminul Islam
Hamid Reza FardMasoumi
Siow HwaTeo
YadollahAbdollahi
Jidon Janaun
Yun HinTaufiq-Yap
Glycerolysis of palm fatty acid distillate for biodiesel feedstock under different reactor conditions
title Glycerolysis of palm fatty acid distillate for biodiesel feedstock under different reactor conditions
title_full Glycerolysis of palm fatty acid distillate for biodiesel feedstock under different reactor conditions
title_fullStr Glycerolysis of palm fatty acid distillate for biodiesel feedstock under different reactor conditions
title_full_unstemmed Glycerolysis of palm fatty acid distillate for biodiesel feedstock under different reactor conditions
title_short Glycerolysis of palm fatty acid distillate for biodiesel feedstock under different reactor conditions
title_sort glycerolysis of palm fatty acid distillate for biodiesel feedstock under different reactor conditions
topic QD Chemistry
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21726/7/Glycerolysis%20of%20palm%20fatty%20acid%20distillate%20for%20biodiesel%20feedstock%20under%20different%20reactor%20conditions.pdf
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