Sunflower Oil Transesterification Experiments in Microreactors

KOH-catalyzed transesterification of sunflower oil with methanol was studied in three microreactor designs with different microfluidic junctions. Experiments investigated the effects of temperature, flow rate, and feed molar ratio on triglyceride conversion, achieving over 90% conversion in less than a minute. The dataset was authored by Rohidas Bhoi from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

Use Cases

• Modeling triglyceride conversion based on temperature, flow rate, and feed molar ratio parameters
• Comparing microreactor performance based on microfluidic junction type (T-type, †-type, split-and-recombine)
• Analyzing non-monotonic relationships between flow rate and conversion using observed two-phase flow patterns

Strengths

• Experiments achieved high triglyceride conversion (>90%) with residence times under one minute
• Study compares three distinct microreactor designs with different microfluidic junctions
• Observations are substantiated using high-speed imaging of liquid-liquid two-phase flow patterns

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Provenance

Source

Rohidas Bhoi, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Collection Method

Experimental study of transesterification in microreactors

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