Hansen solubility parameters and thermodynamic modeling for LLE description during glycerol-settling in ester production from coconut oil

Autor(es)

Quispe Jimenez, Otto Alberto ^[1] ; Lemos, Vanessa Vilela ^[1] ; Caldas Batista, Eduardo Augusto ^[2] ; Rolemberg, Marlus Pinheiro ^[1] ; Basso, Rodrigo Correa ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Fed Univ Alfenas Unifal MG, Inst Sci & Technol, BR-37715400 Pocos De Caldas, MG - Brazil

^[2] Univ Campinas UNICAMP, Dept Food Engn, Sch Food Engn, Lab Extract Appl Thermodynam & Equilibrium ExTrAE, BR-13083862 Campinas, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: FUEL; v. 241, p. 725-732, APR 1 2019.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

The liquid-liquid equilibrium behavior is important when describing the separation of components involved in alkyl ester production during the glycerol-settling step. Therefore, this study presents original data on a liquid-liquid equilibrium system composed of glycerol + ethanol + ethyl esters from coconut oil at 298 K using an untapped approach based on the Hansen solubility parameters describing the individual ethyl ester distribution between the glycerol and ester rich phases. The difference in average molar masses of the ester mixtures in both phases when compared to fatty acid alkyl ester in overall composition reaches more than 10% depending on the ethanol content in the overall composition. The individual partition of ethyl esters in the glycerol-rich phase increases as result of the decrease in molecular size of this class of components. This behavior was shown based on the smaller difference in Hansen solubility parameters among esters with less carbon and the glycerol-rich phases as compared to esters with longer carbon chain atoms. Deviations between the experimental and calculated mass fractions were 0.83%, 4.07%, and 0.87% when using NRTL, UNIFAC-LLE, and UNIFAC-OHgly. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 08/56258-8 - Phase equilibrium and purification processes in the production of biofuels and biocompounds
• Beneficiário: Antonio José de Almeida Meirelles
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOEN - Temático