Advanced technologies in biodiesel : introduction to principles and emerging trends

168 Pages·2015·12.522 MB·English

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ADVANCED
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AMINUL ISLAM, YUN HIN TAUFIQ-YAP
AND ENG-SENG CHAN
MOMENTUM PRESS, LLC, NEW YORK
Advanced Technologies in Biodiesel: Introduction to Principles and
Emerging Trends
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bstract
The important strategic issue of the 21st century states as the struggle for
existence is the struggle for sustainable energy. In the last few years, the
interest in renewable fuels has increased dramatically due to high demand
of energy and the limitation of fossil fuel. Given the rapidly increasing
demand for energy, which is projected to double by mid- 21st century,
it is expected that biodiesels will become an important part of the global
energy mix and make a significant contribution to meeting energy demand.
Through extensive research, many commercial enterprises have
offered comprehensive, innovative, and state-of-the-art technologies to
produce high-quality biodiesel consistently at a competitive price via
transesterification process. Therefore, this book gives a critical review on
the recent emerged process intensification technologies for biodiesel pro-
duction as well as the various methods for assessing biodiesel fuel qual-
ity and/or monitoring the transesterification reaction with advantages and
drawbacks, and offers suggestions on selection of appropriate methods,
which could provide a thrilling adventure ahead of all interested scientists.
The adequate and up-to-date information provided in this book should
be of interest for biochemical engineers, academics, post graduate and
graduate students, and industrial researchers in these areas of study. It will
also cater to researchers and enthusiastic readers in the realm of alterna-
tive energy resources as well as in areas of sustainable and green energy
technology development.
KEY WORDS
biodiesel, process intensification, sustainable energy, transesterification
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List of figures ix
List of tabLes xiii
acknowLedgments xv
chapter 1 introduction to biodieseL 1
chapter 2 reactor and refining technoLogies for
biodieseL production 31
chapter 3 biodieseL production processes 55
chapter 4 methods for QuaLity assessment of biodieseL 95
references 117
about the authors 143
index 145
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Figure 1.1. Overall transesterification reaction. 7
Figure 1.2. Generation of biofuels. 11
Figure 1.3. Representative examples steryl glucocides,
tocopherols, phospholipids, and hydrocarbons
that may be found in biodiesel. 21
Figure 1.4. Soap formation in transesterification reaction. 22
Figure 1.5. Average emission impact of biodiesel for
heavy-duty highway engines. 24
Figure 1.6. An experimental setup for fuel properties, engine
performance testing of biodiesel. 28
Figure 2.1. Batch transesterification reactor. 34
Figure 2.2. Continuous-flow biodiesel reactor two-step process. 35
Figure 2.3. Biodiesel production process with distillation
column. 36
Figure 2.4. Continuous ultrasonic biodiesel processing and
separation developed by Hielsher GmbH. 37
Figure 2.5. Microwave reactor for biodiesel production. 40
Figure 2.6. Experimental set-up of static mixer. 41
Figure 2.7. Biodiesel production using supercritical methanol. 41
Figure 2.8. Centrifugal reactor for biodiesel production. 42
Figure 2.9. Magnetic impulse cavitation reactor developed
by Biofluidtech. 43
Figure 2.10. Microchannel reactor containing large numbers
of parallel microchannel used for biodiesel
production. 44
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