2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of an innovativetechnique for byproduct-glycerin separation in the production of biodiesel fuel
| Project/Area Number |
23651073
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Environmental technology/Environmental materials
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| Research Institution | Osaka Prefecture University |
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Principal Investigator |
BANDOW Hiroshi 大阪府立大学, 工学研究科, 教授 (80124353)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TOKUMOTO Hayato 大阪府立大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (70405348)
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| Research Collaborator |
KURAHASHI Kensuke 大阪府立大学工業高等専門学校, 講師 (60516821)
WAKAMATSU Takahiko 大阪ガスエンジニアリング株式会社, エネルギー環境本部・エネルギー営業技術部, 課長 (30716270)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 再生可能エネルギー / バイオ燃料 / ディーゼル代替燃料 / 製造プロセス / グリセリン分離 |
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| Research Abstract |
New findings that introduction of granular charcoals or those coated with hydrophilic substances, such as titanium-oxides- or methyl-silicates-coating reagents, into the reaction mixtures of trans-esterification reaction between waste-cooking oils and methanol stimulates the abrupt formation of floating foams on the reaction mixture surface. In addition, it is found that the composition of the floating foams consists almost exclusively of glycerin, demonstrating that these substances act as accelerating agents for the separation of by-product glycerin from the product of the trans-esterification reaction, that is, free fatty acid methyl esters. The glycerin floating on the surface of the reaction mixture as foams can be easily wiped out from the surface physically, and therefore, this phenomenon could be a potential candidate for a new technique of glycerin separation with simple and less-energy consuming process.
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