Internal mass-transfer limitations on the transesterification of coconut oil using an anionic ion exchange resin in a packed bed reactor

• Main Authors: Co, Charles Edric T., Tan, Millicent C., Diamante, Joseph Angelo R., Yan, Lee Rainier C., Tan, Raymond Girard R., Razon, Luis F.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2011
• Subjects: Biodiesel fuels; Transesterification; Coconut oil as fuel; Ion exchange resins; Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2252; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/3251/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

In this study, a strongly basic anion-exchange resin was used for the transesterification of coconut oil and methanol using a continuous-flow packed-bed reactor. Statistical analysis shows that the observed conversion and apparent bulk reaction rate are insensitive to temperature. This suggests that...