The resources of mineral fuel or non-renewable energy sources (oil, gas and coal) in the world are limited and rapidly depleting, therefore the production of energy from renewable resources is constantly growing and is a very relevant area of scientific research. The aim of the planned research is to investigate the possibilities of using natural catalysts in biodiesel synthesis, to optimize the biodiesel synthesis process and to assess the compliance of the obtained product with the fuel requirements.
Project funding:
KTU Research and Innovation Fund
Project results:
Oil transesterification reaction using calcined dolomite as a catalyst with butanol is best described by irreversible pseudo-first order kinetic model. Because with large butanol excess rection becomes first order instead of usual fourth order. As results show, reaction clearly favors increasing temperature, when reaction rate doubles with temperature increase increment of 10 °C. During the experiment, the activation energy was determined, the numerical value of which is comparable to the activation energies of methanolysis reported by other authors.
Period of project implementation: 2022-04-01 - 2022-12-31
Project partners: Vytautas Magnus University
