09 فروردین 1403
مجيد محدثي

مجید محدثی

مرتبه علمی: دانشیار
نشانی: ایران، کرمانشاه، بزرگراه امام خمینی (ره)، دانشگاه صنعتی کرمانشاه، دانشکده مهندسی، گروه مهندسی شیمی
تحصیلات: دکترای تخصصی / مهندسی شیمی
تلفن: 083-38305000 (1167, 1025)
دانشکده: دانشکده مهندسی

مشخصات پژوهش

عنوان
Pilot-scale production of biodiesel from waste cooking oil using kettle limescale as a heterogeneous catalyst
نوع پژوهش مقاله چاپ شده
کلیدواژه‌ها
Biodiesel; Waste cooking oil; Optimization; Semi-industrial pilot; Microreactor
پژوهشگران بابک عاقل (نفر اول)، مجید محدثی (نفر دوم)، احمدرضا انصاری (نفر سوم)، محمود ملکی (نفر چهارم)

چکیده

This study aimed to evaluate and optimize a pilot-scale microreactor to convert waste cooking oil (WCO) into biodiesel using kettle limescale. Box-Behnken design was used to determine the optimum conditions for producing biodiesel. Effects of main variables including reaction temperature, catalyst concentration, and alcohol/oil volume ratio were evaluated at a constant residence time of 10 min. Based on the results of analysis of variance, the quadratic regression model had the best coefficient of determination (R2=0.9930) and adjusted coefficient of determination (R2adj.= 0.9804). After the optimization of temperature, catalyst concentration, and methanol/oil volume ratio, the residence time was optimized to achieve the maximum purity of the produced biodiesel. At a reaction temperature of 61.7 °C, catalysts concentration (oil based) of 8.87 wt %, methanol to oil volume ratio of 1.7:3, and a residence time of 15 min, we observed the optimal conditions for obtaining a maximum biodiesel purity of 93.41%.