Kinetics of Biodiesel Production from Soya Bean Soap Stock

Chinedu Gabriel Mbah; Chizoo Esonye; Dominic Okechukwu Onukwuli

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Kinetics of Biodiesel Production from Soya Bean Soap Stock

Chinedu Gabriel Mbah, Chizoo Esonye, Dominic Okechukwu Onukwuli

Published in Earth Sciences (Volume 10, Issue 5)

Received: 11 August 2021 Accepted: 23 August 2021 Published: 7 September 2021

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Low quality lipids such as soyabeanrsoapstock, a by-product of vegetable oil processing can be used as a viable feedstock for the production of biodiesel due to its high yield capacity, availability, and low cost. Sodium hydroxide and methanol were used as catalyst and solvent respectively while n–hexane was added as a co-solvent. Kinetics of the transesterification reaction mechanismfor soyabeansoapstock with and without co-solvent (n-hexane) was carried out using models proposed by Singh & Fernando, (2007) to determine the reaction order and rate constant at different temperatures (45°C, 55°C and 65°C). Similar rate constants were obtained (with and without co-solvent) though with slightly different R² values showing that n-hexane does not distort the chemistry of the reaction. Negative and very low R² values obtained at temperatures 45°C and 65°C further affirms 55°C as the optimum temperature for the reaction. An activation energy of 74 KJ/mol and frequency factor of 2.9 was also obtained. Findings from the studyshows that soyabeansoapstock is a viable feedstock for the production of biodiesel and n-hexane was a suitable co-solvent in the transesterification of low quality lipids (soyabean soap stock). A rate constant of 0.0008 min^-1 and reaction order of 2 was obtained for the transesterification reaction.

Published in	Earth Sciences (Volume 10, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.earth.20211005.11
Page(s)	198-206
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Biodiesel, Kinetics, Rate Constant, Soyabeansoapstock

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Chinedu Gabriel Mbah; Chizoo Esonye; Dominic Okechukwu Onukwuli. Kinetics of Biodiesel Production from Soya Bean Soap Stock. Earth Sci. 2021, 10(5), 198-206. doi: 10.11648/j.earth.20211005.11

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Chinedu Gabriel Mbah, Chizoo Esonye, Dominic Okechukwu Onukwuli. Kinetics of Biodiesel Production from Soya Bean Soap Stock. Earth Sci. 2021;10(5):198-206. doi: 10.11648/j.earth.20211005.11

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Chinedu Gabriel Mbah

Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Nigeria
Chizoo Esonye

Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike Ikwo, Nigeria
Dominic Okechukwu Onukwuli

Department of Chemical Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria

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Chinedu Gabriel Mbah; Chizoo Esonye; Dominic Okechukwu Onukwuli. Kinetics of Biodiesel Production from Soya Bean Soap Stock. Earth Sci. 2021, 10(5), 198-206. doi: 10.11648/j.earth.20211005.11

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Chinedu Gabriel Mbah, Chizoo Esonye, Dominic Okechukwu Onukwuli. Kinetics of Biodiesel Production from Soya Bean Soap Stock. Earth Sci. 2021;10(5):198-206. doi: 10.11648/j.earth.20211005.11

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