Research Article

Kinetics of Transesterification of Croton megalocarpus Oil Using Alkaline Earth Catalysts with Conventional and Microwave Heating

Table 1

Integrated form of rate equation (equation (7)).

CaseOverall ordermnRate equationEquation number

1000[A]oxA = k t8
2110ln(1/(1−xA)) = k t9
3101−(1/3)ln((αB−3xA)/αB) = k t10
4211(1/(αB−3))ln((αB−3xA)/(1−xA)αB) = k [A]ot11
5220x A1/(1−xA) = k [A]ot12
6202xA/((αB−3xA)αB) = k [A]ot13
7321(1/(αB−3))[((xA/(1 − xA))−(3/(αB−3))ln((αB−3xA)/(1−xA)αB)] = k [A]o2t14
8312(1/(3−αB))[(3xA/((αB−3xA)αB)−(1/(3−αB))ln((1−xA)αB/(αB−3xA)] = k [A]o2t15
9330(2−xA)xA/(1−xA)2 = 2 k [A]o2t16
103031/(αB−3xA)2−1/αB2 = 6 k [A]o2t17