2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on Enhancement of Biodiesel Production Reaction by Emulsification Mixing
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23561028
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Energy engineering
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
YOSHIKAWA KUNIO 東京工業大学, 総合理工学研究科(研究院), 教授 (70134848)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | バイオディーゼル / エマルジョン / スタティックミキサー / エステル交換反応 / アルカリ触媒 / 酸触媒 / 固体触媒 |
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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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