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Title FAME production from residual materials: Optimization of the process by Box-Behnken model
ID_Doc 16034
Authors Vargas, EM; Ospina, JL; Tarelho, LAC; Nunes, MI
Title FAME production from residual materials: Optimization of the process by Box-Behnken model
Year 2020
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.egyr.2019.08.071
Abstract In the worldwide more than 95% of biodiesel production feedstocks come from edible oils. The waste cooking oils (WCO) are an alternative feedstock for biodiesel production; its usage reduces significantly the cost of biodiesel production and has environmental benefits, e.g., a waste recovery instead of its elimination. This work aimed to optimize the process to produce fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) using the response surface methodology and a Box-Behnken experimental design from mixtures of refined palm oil (RPO) with WCO using a residual solid material as catalyst (biomass fly ashes). The influence on FAME yield of four operational variables (catalyst loading, methanol/oil molar ratio, RPO/WCO ratio and reaction temperature) was studied. The higher FAME yield achieved using the RMS method was 77.06% for: 14.63 wt% of catalyst loading, 5.42/1of methanol/oil molar ratio, 14.81 wt% of RPO in the oil mixture and 55 degrees C for the reaction temperature. (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Author Keywords Biomass fly ash; FAME; Optimization; Refined palm oil; Response surface methodology; Solid catalyst; Waste cooking oil
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S)
EID WOS:000518455400054
WoS Category Energy & Fuels
Research Area Energy & Fuels
PDF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2019.08.071
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