Simulation of Reactive Distillation Column for Biodiesel Production at Optimum Conditions

Biodiesel is defined as a mixture of fatty acid alkyl esters which are commonly produced from triglycerides and alcohol through transesterification reaction in the presence of alkali catalysts. In this work canola oil and methanol were used in this research as the feedstocks, and potassium hydroxide...

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Main Authors: S. Karacan, F. Karacan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. 2014-08-01
Series:Chemical Engineering Transactions
Online Access:https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/5586