Chemical reaction engineering - Fuel for thought Conference Paper

abstract

• A relatively simple-to-perform transesterification reaction between potassium methoxide and waste vegetable oil was conducted at 50C, followed by a phase-separation and water-washing steps. The reaction yielded an immediately useful commodity that captures the student's attention easily, a home-made, bio-derived diesel fuel. Current efforts at the University of Connecticut include the introduction of a pilot-scale (80 gal) biodiesel production and analysis laboratory into the traditional senior unit operations laboratory, and coordinated efforts to introduce parallel bio-diesel related pedagogy in Environmental Engineering, Fuel Chemistry, and Economics in collaboration with fellow members of the Connecticut Biodiesel Consortium. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting (San Francisco, CA 11/12-17/2006).

authors

• Wilhite, Benjamin

published proceedings

• AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings

author list (cited authors)

• Wilhite, B. A.

complete list of authors

• Wilhite, BA

publication date

• December 2006

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 081691012X

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9780816910120