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Title:	Modelling And Simulation Of A Triglyceride Alcoholysis Reaction
Authors:	Jakub Husar, Jiri Pecha, Lubomir Sanek, Karel Kolomaznik
Published in:	(2019). ECMS 2019 Proceedings Edited by: Mauro Iacono, Francesco Palmieri, Marco Gribaudo, Massimo Ficco, European Council for Modeling and Simulation. DOI: http://doi.org/10.7148/2019 ISSN: 2522-2422 (ONLINE) ISSN: 2522-2414 (PRINT) ISSN: 2522-2430 (CD-ROM) 33rd International ECMS Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Caserta, Italy, June 11^th – June 14^th, 2019
Citation format:	Jakub Husar, Jiri Pecha, Lubomir Sanek, Karel Kolomaznik (2019). Modelling And Simulation Of A Triglyceride Alcoholysis Reaction, ECMS 2019 Proceedings Edited by: Mauro Iacono, Francesco Palmieri, Marco Gribaudo, Massimo Ficco European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi: 10.7148/2019-0165
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.7148/2019-0165
Abstract:	Alcoholysis of triglycerides is a common method in the production of a renewable fuel - biodiesel, specifically methyl esters of fatty acids. In this work, kinetics of methanolysis was studied, with a focus on an undesired side reaction - hydrolysis. This side reaction, also called saponification, leads to deactivation of the used catalyst and affects the purity of the final product - biodiesel. For this reason, a model of methanolysis has been developed and verified considering both the main and side reactions. This mathematical model, assuming irreversibility of all reactions, is capable of describing measured experimental data under different initial reaction mixture composition and also different reaction temperature. The developed model was used for the prediction of optimal conditions of methanolysis under which saponification is reduced, and is important for the design of industrial manufacturing process, equipment and process control algorithms.
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