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Development of biodiesel fuel production process for developing countries

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K00601
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Environmental conscious materials and recycle
Research InstitutionTokyo Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Habaki Hiroaki  東京工業大学, 環境・社会理工学院, 助教 (00302935)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 江頭 竜一  東京工業大学, 環境・社会理工学院, 准教授 (90213529)
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywordsバイオ燃料 / 反応プロセス / 分離プロセス / バイオディーゼル製造プロセス改善 / りんの除去 / 圧縮残渣の熱処理 / グリセリン精製 / バイオディーゼル製造プロセス / ジャトロファ油 / 熱処理生成物利用 / 高効率エステル交換反応 / 脱酸処理 / メタノール回収 / 圧搾残渣の熱処理 / 開発途上国向けバイオディーゼル製造 / 副生成物活用
Outline of Final Research Achievements

For the pretreatment of crude oil from inedible plant, such as jatropha, to convert free fatty acids to methyl esters by esterification, the multi-staged reactor was effective to attain high conversion and significant reduction of required amount of alcohol. For the following transesterification, the multi-staged reactor was also employed to attain high conversion of glycerides, high yield of methyl esters and reduction of required amount of alcohol.
The squeezed residue from jatropha fruit was thermally treated to produce activated carbons. The specific surface area of chemically activated carbon was larger than that of physically one. Then, the removal of impurities in the crude glycerol from transesterification was conducted with the prepared activated carbon. It was found that enough amount of activated carbon could be prepared to treat with the crude glycerol in the process.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

遊離脂肪酸のエステル化反応およびグリセリドのエステル交換反応において,一般的な反応器を多段化することにより高転化率および必要なアルコール量の大幅な削減を達成したことに工学的な意義がある。また本研究は非食用植物(ジャトロファ)を原料とした発展途上国向けバイオディーゼル製造技術の開発を目指したものである。上述の一般的な反応器を使用しても高効率な反応を達成し,低価格な原料粗油より高収率による製品製造の可能性を示した。また,廃棄物である圧搾残渣を用いて活性炭を調整しグリセリンの精製に対して適応したが,これら開発途上国においても操業可能な一般的な化学装置による改善を提案したことなどに社会的意義を持つ。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2019 2018 2016 2015

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Separation of Methanol and Monoolein by Activated Carbon Prepared from Jatropha Shell for Purifying Glycerol during Biodiesel Production2019

    • Author(s)
      Hiroaki Habaki, Tomoki Hayashi, Patima Sinthupinyo, Ryuichi Egashira
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

      Volume: 印刷中

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Deacidification process of crude inedible plant oil by esterification for biodiesel production2018

    • Author(s)
      Hiroaki Habaki, Tomoki Hayashi, Ryuichi Egashira
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] バイオディーゼル原料油からの遊離脂肪酸およびリン脂質の同時除去2018

    • Author(s)
      李卓恒, はばき広顕, 江頭竜一
    • Organizer
      化学工学会第50秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Methanol Recovery Process for Biodiesel Fuel Production from Inedible Oils2016

    • Author(s)
      1.Habaki, H., Z. Shi, and R. Egashira
    • Organizer
      The 23rd Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering
    • Place of Presentation
      Vung Tau City
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-27
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effective Transesterification of Model Plant Oil by Countercurrent Multistage Reactor2015

    • Author(s)
      Hiroaki Habaki, Ryuichi Egashira
    • Organizer
      Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering
    • Place of Presentation
      the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre(オーストラリア)
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-27
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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