Title Kinetic parameters of transesterification of rapeseed oil with butanol using dolomite as heterogeneous catalyst
Authors Gaidė, Ieva ; Jaskūnas, Andrius ; Makarevičienė, Violeta ; Sendžikienė, Eglė
DOI 10.1016/j.fuel.2025.137863
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Is Part of Fuel.. London : Elsevier. 2026, vol. 409, art. no. 137863, p. 1-10.. ISSN 0016-2361. eISSN 1873-7153
Keywords [eng] Biodiesel ; Oil ; Dolomite ; Transesterification ; Butanol ; Kinetics ; Modeling
Abstract [eng] We analyzed the kinetic parameters of rapeseed oil transesterification with butanol using dolomite as a heterogeneous catalyst under the optimal conditions that we previously determined. At 5.24 wt% dolomite, 110 °C, and a 13.71:1 M ratio of butanol to oil, we found that the reaction followed an irreversible pseudo-first-order model, which we successfully implemented in an Aspen Plus simulation software to design the model of kinetic reactor. In addition, we proposed purification steps for the reactive mixture within the same model to produce biodiesel following requirements of standard EN 14214.
Published London : Elsevier
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2026
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