Research Article
Esterification of Oleic Acid for Biodiesel Production Using a Semibatch Atomization Apparatus
Table 2
Conversion of oleic acid in a 2³ factorial design with triplicate in the center point.
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The coded values were placed in parentheses. The esterification experiments were conducted using a dual-fluid nozzle atomization system. These runs were carried out with 0.7% (mol/mol) sulfuric acid as the catalyst, a recirculation flow rate of 3.1 L/min, and a reaction time of 120 minutes. |