Optimization of Waste Cooking Oil Transesterification in a Continuous Microwave Assisted Reactor

Optimization of Waste Cooking Oil Transesterification in a Continuous Microwave Assisted Reactor

This paper presents the design and performance evaluation of a continuous microwave assisted reactor (CMAR) system to produce biodiesel from the transesterification of waste cooking oil (WCO). The labfabricated CMAR employed an integrated proportional-integral-derivative controller for accurate temp...

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Main Authors: Mohd Affandi, Mohd Ali, Jolius, Gimbun, Cheng, C. K., R. M., Yunus
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Published: The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC 2015
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spelling ump-118222018-01-11T03:25:19Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11822/ Optimization of Waste Cooking Oil Transesterification in a Continuous Microwave Assisted Reactor Mohd Affandi, Mohd Ali Jolius, Gimbun Cheng, C. K. R. M., Yunus TP Chemical technology This paper presents the design and performance evaluation of a continuous microwave assisted reactor (CMAR) system to produce biodiesel from the transesterification of waste cooking oil (WCO). The labfabricated CMAR employed an integrated proportional-integral-derivative controller for accurate temperature and reactant flowrate controls. The fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) contents in the sample were determined using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The results from two-level factorial design showed that the methanol to oil molar ratio, amount of NaOCH3 catalyst and reaction time affected the biodiesel conversion markedly, with the significance of 45.99 %, 6.76 % and 3.21 %. The optimum biodiesel conversion of circa 97.83 % was achieved at 0.68 wt% of catalyst loading, 11.62:1 of methanol to oil molar ratio and 4.47 min of reaction time using the response surface method (RSM) generated by the Box Behnken design. Experimental validation of the optimum condition showed an excellent adherence, with a minimum deviation of 0.88 % in three replicates. The biodiesel produced in this work also met the specification of ASTM D6751. The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC 2015-12-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11822/1/Affandi%202015%20CET.pdf Mohd Affandi, Mohd Ali and Jolius, Gimbun and Cheng, C. K. and R. M., Yunus (2015) Optimization of Waste Cooking Oil Transesterification in a Continuous Microwave Assisted Reactor. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 45. pp. 1279-1284. ISSN 2283-9216 http://www.aidic.it/cet/15/45/214.pdf DOI: 10.3303/CET1545214
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Mohd Affandi, Mohd Ali
Jolius, Gimbun
Cheng, C. K.
R. M., Yunus
Optimization of Waste Cooking Oil Transesterification in a Continuous Microwave Assisted Reactor
description This paper presents the design and performance evaluation of a continuous microwave assisted reactor (CMAR) system to produce biodiesel from the transesterification of waste cooking oil (WCO). The labfabricated CMAR employed an integrated proportional-integral-derivative controller for accurate temperature and reactant flowrate controls. The fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) contents in the sample were determined using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The results from two-level factorial design showed that the methanol to oil molar ratio, amount of NaOCH3 catalyst and reaction time affected the biodiesel conversion markedly, with the significance of 45.99 %, 6.76 % and 3.21 %. The optimum biodiesel conversion of circa 97.83 % was achieved at 0.68 wt% of catalyst loading, 11.62:1 of methanol to oil molar ratio and 4.47 min of reaction time using the response surface method (RSM) generated by the Box Behnken design. Experimental validation of the optimum condition showed an excellent adherence, with a minimum deviation of 0.88 % in three replicates. The biodiesel produced in this work also met the specification of ASTM D6751.
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author Mohd Affandi, Mohd Ali
Jolius, Gimbun
Cheng, C. K.
R. M., Yunus
author_facet Mohd Affandi, Mohd Ali
Jolius, Gimbun
Cheng, C. K.
R. M., Yunus
author_sort Mohd Affandi, Mohd Ali
title Optimization of Waste Cooking Oil Transesterification in a Continuous Microwave Assisted Reactor
title_short Optimization of Waste Cooking Oil Transesterification in a Continuous Microwave Assisted Reactor
title_full Optimization of Waste Cooking Oil Transesterification in a Continuous Microwave Assisted Reactor
title_fullStr Optimization of Waste Cooking Oil Transesterification in a Continuous Microwave Assisted Reactor
title_full_unstemmed Optimization of Waste Cooking Oil Transesterification in a Continuous Microwave Assisted Reactor
title_sort optimization of waste cooking oil transesterification in a continuous microwave assisted reactor
publisher The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC
publishDate 2015
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11822/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11822/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11822/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11822/1/Affandi%202015%20CET.pdf
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