| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,460,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,260,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The main target of this research is to apply the static mixer to biodiesel production to enhance the reaction rate and reduce requirements for chemicals and energy in biodiesel production by emulsification mixing of reactants. The comparisons between conventional mechanical mixer and the static mixer were carried out on three different reactions. These reactions are the alkali-catalyzed tranesterification reaction, the acid-catalyzed esterification reaction, and the tranesterification reaction with heterogeneous catalyst. The evaluations of the conversion efficiency and the reaction kinetics were conducted to show that the performance of the static mixer was better than the conventional mechanical mixer for reaction enhancement.
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