Biodiesel production in stirred tank chemical reactors: A numerical simulation

Abstract

The biodiesel production was performed in stirred tank chemical reactor by numerical simulation. The main results are that the percentage of conversion from triglyceride to biodiesel is approximately of 82 % when the molar flow ratio between triglyceride/alcohol is 1:5. This system displays only one equilibrium point. Since there are imaginary eigenvalues in the Jacobian matrix analysis, the equilibrium point is unstable. The biodiesel production in stirred tank chemical reactor is good because the settling time is short, and has higher conversion.