Study on Enhancement of Biodiesel Production Reaction by Emulsification Mixing

本研究的主要目的是将静态混合器应用于生物柴油生产中，通过反应物的乳化混合，提高生物柴油生产的反应速度，降低对化学药品和能源的需求。对常规机械混合器和静态混合器进行了三种不同反应的比较。这些反应包括碱催化的酯交换反应、酸催化的酯化反应和多相催化剂的酯交换反应。对转化率和反应动力学的评价表明，静态混合器的反应强化性能优于传统的机械混合器。

The main target of this research is to apply the static mixer to biodiesel production to enhance the reaction rate and reduce requirements for chemicals and energy in biodiesel production by emulsification mixing of reactants. The comparisons between conventional mechanical mixer and the static mixer were carried out on three different reactions. These reactions are the alkali-catalyzed tranesterification reaction, the acid-catalyzed esterification reaction, and the tranesterification reaction with heterogeneous catalyst. The evaluations of the conversion efficiency and the reaction kinetics were conducted to show that the performance of the static mixer was better than the conventional mechanical mixer for reaction enhancement.