TY - JOUR
T1 - Production of biodiesel from microalgae oil (Chlorella protothecoides) by non-catalytic transesterification in supercritical methanol and ethanol
T2 - Process optimization
AU - Nan, Yue
AU - Liu, Jiuxu
AU - Lin, Ronghong
AU - Tavlarides, Lawrence L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/2
Y1 - 2015/2
N2 - Production of biodiesel through non-catalytic transesterification of microalgae oil in supercritical methanol and ethanol was studied. The response surface methodology (RSM) combined with a five-parameter-five-level central composite design (CCD) was employed to optimize the (270-350 °C), pressure (80-200 bar), alcohol-to-oil molar ratio (10:1-42:1), residence time (10-50 min) and water content (0-10 wt%). Thirty-two experiments were designed and conducted for each alcohol species. Quadratic models were built based on the yields of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) and fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs). Optimal conditions and yields for FAMEs and FAEEs were predicted with the models, and model predictions were verified by additional independent experiments conducted under predicted optimal conditions. Optimal biodiesel yields obtained in this work were 90.8% and 87.8% with methanol and ethanol, respectively. The significance of the parameters was evaluated by the analysis of variance (ANOVA). The effects of single parameters and the interacted parameters on the biodiesel yield were also discussed.
AB - Production of biodiesel through non-catalytic transesterification of microalgae oil in supercritical methanol and ethanol was studied. The response surface methodology (RSM) combined with a five-parameter-five-level central composite design (CCD) was employed to optimize the (270-350 °C), pressure (80-200 bar), alcohol-to-oil molar ratio (10:1-42:1), residence time (10-50 min) and water content (0-10 wt%). Thirty-two experiments were designed and conducted for each alcohol species. Quadratic models were built based on the yields of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) and fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs). Optimal conditions and yields for FAMEs and FAEEs were predicted with the models, and model predictions were verified by additional independent experiments conducted under predicted optimal conditions. Optimal biodiesel yields obtained in this work were 90.8% and 87.8% with methanol and ethanol, respectively. The significance of the parameters was evaluated by the analysis of variance (ANOVA). The effects of single parameters and the interacted parameters on the biodiesel yield were also discussed.
KW - Biodiesel
KW - Microalgae oil
KW - Non-catalytic transesterification
KW - Process optimization
KW - Response surface methodology
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U2 - 10.1016/j.supflu.2014.08.025
DO - 10.1016/j.supflu.2014.08.025
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84921047949
SN - 0896-8446
VL - 97
SP - 174
EP - 182
JO - Journal of Supercritical Fluids
JF - Journal of Supercritical Fluids
ER -