2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Purification of crude biodiesel fuel by emulsification/demulsification
Project/Area Number |
20310044
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Environmental technology/Environmental materials
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Research Institution | Kagoshima University |
Principal Investigator |
TAKANASHI Hirokazu Kagoshima University, 理工学研究科(工学系), 准教授 (40274740)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OHKI Akira 鹿児島大学, 理工学研究科(工学系), 教授 (20127989)
NAKAJIMA Tsunenori 鹿児島大学, 理工学研究科(工学系), 助教 (70284908)
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Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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Keywords | 省資源技術 / バイオディーゼル燃料(BDF) |
Research Abstract |
The amount of water needed to purify crude biodiesel fuel (BDF), which was synthesized using alkali catalysts, was studied experimentally and theoretically. It depended on the species of soap, the initial concentration of alkali metal and the extraction temperature. For example, 35mg-K/kg of potassium oleate can be extracted at 353K from methyl oleate using 0.16 % of water, which is one 1,875th of water amount in a conventional purification process.
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Research Products
(4 results)