Process design of biodiesel production: Hybridization of ester-and transesterification in a single reactive distillation

• Published in: Energy conversion and management Vol. 153; pp. 493 - 503
• Main Authors: Petchsoongsakul, Nattawat, Ngaosuwan, Kanokwan, Kiatkittipong, Worapon, Aiouache, Farid, Assabumrungrat, Suttichai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2017; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Aluminum oxide; Biodiesel; Biodiesel fuels; Biofuels; Catalysis; Catalysts; Cooking; Cooking oils; Design; Design parameters; Diesel; Distillation; Distillation equipment; Energy consumption; Esterification; Fatty acids; Glycerol; Hybridization; Hybridized reactive distillation; Pressure; Processes; Production controls; Studies; Transesterification; Waste cooking oil; Waste cooking oil; Transesterification; Hybridized reactive distillation; Biodiesel; Esterification

[Display omitted] •Hybridized reactive distillation for biodiesel production from waste cooking oil.•Heterogeneous ester and transesterification are carried out in a single RD column.•Hybridized RD outperforms the conventional process and two RDs in series.•Increasing operating pressure can signific...