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Efficient Micromixing for Continuous Biodiesel Production from Jatropha Oil

Author(s): Waleed S. Mohammed*, Ahmed H. El-Shazly, Marwa F. Elkady and Masahiro Ohshima

Volume 9, Issue 1, 2019

Page: [133 - 139] Pages: 7

DOI: 10.2174/2210681207666170718160304

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Abstract

Introduction: The utilization of biodiesel as an alternative fuel is turning out to be progressively famous these days because of worldwide energy deficiency. The enthusiasm for utilizing Jatropha as a non-edible oil feedstock is quickly developing. The performance of the base catalyzed methanolysis reaction could be improved by a continuous process through a microreactor in view of the high mass transfer coefficient of this technique.

Materials & Methods: Nanozirconium tungstovanadate, which was synthetized using sol-gel preparation method, was utilized in a complementary step for biodiesel production process. The prepared material has an average diameter of 0.066 µm.

Results: First, the NaOH catalyzed methanolysis of Jatropha oil was investigated in a continuous microreactor, and the efficient mixing over different mixers and its impact on the biodiesel yield were studied under varied conditions. Second, the effect of adding the nanocatalyst as a second stage was investigated.

Conclusion: The maximum percentage of produced methyl esters from Jatropha oil was 98.1% using a methanol/Jatropha oil molar ratio of 11 within 94 s using 1% NaOH at 60 °C. The same maximum conversion ratio was recorded with the nanocatalyst via only 0.3% NaOH.

Keywords: Biodiesel production, jatropha, nano catalyst, transesterification, fuel, microreactor.

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