Esterification of non-edible oil mixture in reactive distillation column over solid acid catalyst: experimental and simulation study

• Main Authors: Ratna Dewi, Kusumaningtyas, Haniif, Prasetiawan, Brylian Rizky, Pratama, Dani, Prasetya, Anwaruddin, Hisyam
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2018
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29843/1/Esterification%20of%20non-edible%20oil%20mixture%20in%20reactive%20distillation.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29843/; https://doi.org/10.21315/jps2018.29.s2.17; https://doi.org/10.21315/jps2018.29.s2.17

Biodiesel is one of the promising energy alternatives to fossil fuel. Among the economical feedstocks of biodiesel is high free fatty acid (FFA) vegetable oil. Production of biodiesel from high FFA oils needs esterification reaction as the pre-treatment step. In this work, esterification reaction of...