The modeling and analysis of transesterification reaction conditions in the selection of optimal biodiesel yield and viscosity

GÜLÜM M., YEŞİLYURT M. K., Bilgin A.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH, cilt.27, sa.10, ss.10351-10366, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11356-019-07473-0
  • Dergi Adı: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, IBZ Online, ABI/INFORM, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Environment Index, Geobase, MEDLINE, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.10351-10366
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Alternative fuels, Methyl ester, Waste cooking oil, Taguchi method, Fuel properties, WASTE COOKING OIL, METHYL-ESTER, REACTION PARAMETERS, SAFFLOWER OIL, FRYING OILS, DIESEL, OPTIMIZATION, CATALYST, ENGINE, ENERGY
  • Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Among alternative fuels, biodiesel has been emphasized as a substantial candidate for diesel engines because of many advantages. However, the main shortcomings preventing more widespread use of biodiesel are high production cost and viscosity. In order to simultaneously overcome both of these shortcomings, the reaction conditions for the transesterification of waste cooking oil (WCO) were optimized using Taguchi and the full factorial design approaches. The analyses of signal to noise ratio and variance were also performed to identify the dominance of reaction conditions on viscosity and biodiesel yield. As a result, the optimal reaction conditions giving the lowest kinematic viscosity (3.991 cSt) and the highest biodiesel yield (98.19%) were determined to be as follows: sodium methoxide amount of 1.00 wt%, reaction time of 60 min, reaction temperature of 55 degrees C, and methanol to oil molar ratio of 6:1. The catalyst amount and methanol to oil molar ratio were found to be the most significant conditions influencing on the viscosity (10.36% and 78.87% contributions) and the yield (58.48% and 20.17% contributions), respectively. Finally, all physicochemical properties of final waste cooking oil biodiesel (WCOB) produced under optimal reaction conditions were found to meet the EN 14214.