The objective of this study was to investigate in-situ transesterification study of linseed with methanol in the presence of potassium hydroxide (KOH) for the production of biodiesel. The influence of tetrahydrofuran (THF) as a co-solvent was also investigated. The effect of solvent to solid ratio or solvent and cosolvent to solid ratio (SSR) (1e15 (v/w)), co-solvent to solvent (C-S/S) ratio (0.25e2.25 (v/v)), catalyst concentration (1e13 wt% oil content (w/w)), agitation rate (600e900 rpm), reaction temperature (40 e60 C) and reaction time (90e150 min) was examined to obtain the optimum biodiesel yield and biodiesel quality. The SSR, C-S/S ratio and catalyst concentration were investigated by a set of experiments that designed by “Design Expert” software in responsive surface central composite design (CCD) method with duplication of each test to improve confidence limits. The maximum methyl ester content with using the THF as a co-solvent was 93.15% when: 6.8 wt% as catalyst KOH, 10 as solvent and cosolvent to solid ratio, 0.3 as C-S/S ratio, 40 C as the reaction temperature, 90 min as the reaction time and 700 rpm as the agitation rate were used.
کلید واژگان :Biodiesel Co-solvent Tetrahydrofuran (THF) In-situ transesterification Linseed CCD method
ارزش ریالی : 600000 ریال
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