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Elsevier, Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 3(52), p. 241-248

DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2010.01.014

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Prediction of near and supercritical fatty acid ester+alcohol systems with the CPA EoS

Journal article published in 2010 by Mariana B. Oliveira, António José Queimada, João A. P. Coutinho ORCID
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Abstract

The use of supercritical alcohols has been proposed as a non-catalytical method to produce biodiesel, overcoming some of the shortcomings related to conventional catalytic methods.In this work, the Cubic-Plus-Association equation of state is used to predict the vapor–liquid equilibria of several alcohol + fatty acid ester and alcohol + glycerol systems, in the temperature range 493–573 K and pressure range 2–12 MPa. The resulting predictions reproduce accurately the experimental data, within their experimental uncertainty.The ability to predict these phase equilibria is of primary importance for designing, operating and optimizing biodiesel production at near or supercritical conditions. The CPA EoS is shown to be a powerful prediction tool for an adequate design of the operations involved in the biodiesel production with near or supercritical alcohols.