Abstract
In order to reduce limitations in the transesterification process, a new liquid-phase plasma discharge (LPPD) system was developed to rapidly and continuously produce ethyl ester from corn oil and ethanol. The system was evaluated and optimized for LPPD examined at different ethanol to oil molar ratios (5:1, 6:1, 7:1, 8:1, and 9:1) and different oil to NaOH weight concentrations (0.5, 0.75, 1, and 1.25% for catalyst concentration). The optimizing condition for liquid phase plasma discharge was 8:1 molar ratio and 1%wt. catalyst at 2.4 ml/s flowrate with the conversion rate of 99.12 at 5.25 kV applied voltage. The quantitative analysis was performed using GCMS equipment.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting, ASABE 2021 |
| Publisher | American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers |
| Pages | 896-901 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781713833536 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2021 |
| Event | 2021 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting, ASABE 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: Jul 12 2021 → Jul 16 2021 |
Publication series
| Name | American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting, ASABE 2021 |
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| Volume | 2 |
Conference
| Conference | 2021 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting, ASABE 2021 |
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| City | Virtual, Online |
| Period | 7/12/21 → 7/16/21 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work is financially supported by the USDA National Institute of food and agriculture (NIFA) Foundational and Applied Science Program (Grant #: 2019-67021-29942) and USDA NIFA Hatch project IDA01573, United States.
Publisher Copyright:
© ASABE 2021. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Biodiesel
- Corn oil
- Ethanol
- Liquid-phase plasma discharge
- Transesterification
