Effects of ultrasonification and mechanical stirring methods for the production of biodiesel from rapeseed oil

Joungdu Shin; Hyunook Kim; Seung-Gil Hong; Soonik Kwon; Young Eun Na; Sung Ho Bae; Woo-Kyun Park; Kee-Kyoung Kang

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.29, No.4, 460-463, April, 2012

DOI10.1007/s11814-011-0205-3 Export Citation

Effects of ultrasonification and mechanical stirring methods for the production of biodiesel from rapeseed oil

Joungdu Shin^†, Hyunook Kim¹, Seung-Gil Hong, Soonik Kwon, Young Eun Na², Sung Ho Bae², Woo-Kyun Park, and Kee-Kyoung Kang

Climate Change & Agroecology Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon 441-707, Korea
¹Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 130-020, Korea
²Team of Energy Policy, Presidential Committee on Green Growth, Seoul 110-110, Korea

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This study was conducted to compare the effects of ultrasonic energy and mechanical stirring methods in bio-diesel production from rapeseed oil under base catalysis conditions. With the transesterification of rapeseed oil, the molar ratio of methanol to vegetable oil was 6 : 1, and the amount of catalysts added to the vegetable oil was 0.3, 0.5 and 1.0% (wt/wt). The main components of methyl esters from the transesterification of rapeseed oil were oleic acid (48.5%, C18:1) and linoleic acid (18.1%, C18:2). In addition, the optimum conditions to produce fatty acid methyl esters (96.6%) were 0.5% KOH after 25 min of ultrasonification at 40 ℃ as compared to mechanical stirring at 60 ℃. The maximum conversion ratio was 75.6% with 1.0% NaOH after 40 min of ultrasonification at 40 ℃. These results indicate that ultrasonic energy could be a valuable tool for transesterification of fatty acids from rapeseed oil in terms of the reaction time and temperature.

Keywords:Bio-diesel Production;Fatty Acid Methyl Esters;Rapeseed Oil;Transesterification;Ultrasonification

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[Referenced By]

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[2] Sheehan J, Camobreco V, Duffield J, Graboski M, Shapouri H, Report of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and USDepartment of Energy (DOE), Task No. BF886002 (1998)

[3] Vicent G, Coteron A, Martinez M, Arcil J, Ind. Crop Prod., 8, 29 (1998)

[4] Du W, Xu YY, Liu DH, Zhang J, J. Mol. Catal. B., 30, 125 (2004)

[5] Ma FR, Hanna MA, Bioresour. Technol., 70(1), 1 (1999)

[6] Mether IC, Vidya SD, Naik SN, Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev., 10, 248 (2006)

[7] Nye MJ, Southwell PH, in Pro. Vegetable Oil as Diesel Fuel Seminar III. Peoria, Northern Agricultural Energy Center (1983)

[8] Vicente G, Martinez M, Aracil J, Bioresour. Technol., 92(3), 297 (2004)

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[10] Mason TJ, Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A., 357, 355 (1999)

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[12] Feedman B, Pryde EH, Mounts TI, J. Am Oil Chem. Soc., 61, 1638 (1984)

[13] Imahara H, Minami E, Saka S, Fuel., 85, 1666 (2006)

[14] Chung KH, Park BG, Appl. Chem. Eng., 21(4), 385 (2010)

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[16] Carmen S, Vinatoru M, Nishimura R, Maeda Y, Ultrason. Sonochem., 12, 367 (2005)