TY - JOUR
T1 - Hydrotreating Model Comparison of Raw Castor Oil and its Methyl Esters for Biofuel Production
AU - Mederos-Nieto, Fabián S.
AU - Elizalde-Martínez, Ignacio
AU - Hernández-Altamirano, Raúl
AU - Trejo-Zárraga, Fernando
AU - Mena-Cervantes, Violeta Y.
AU - Ramírez-Jiménez, Edgar
AU - Vallarta-Cardona, Daniela E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
PY - 2019/1
Y1 - 2019/1
N2 - Some of the main problems during vegetable oil hydrotreating are the high heat of reaction released, the huge quantity of expensive hydrogen required, and the high corrosion rates in the equipment. Some insights into the advantages and disadvantages of processing raw vegetable oils or their respective fatty acid methyl esters are given. The ASPEN Plus process simulator was used for the simulation of a hydrotreating process, with two different feedstocks coming from the same plant: raw castor oil and castor oil methyl esters. That process was modeled with two stoichiometric reactors in series. The technical viability of using methyl esters as hydrotreating feedstock for the production of biofuels such as green gasoline and diesel is demonstrated.
AB - Some of the main problems during vegetable oil hydrotreating are the high heat of reaction released, the huge quantity of expensive hydrogen required, and the high corrosion rates in the equipment. Some insights into the advantages and disadvantages of processing raw vegetable oils or their respective fatty acid methyl esters are given. The ASPEN Plus process simulator was used for the simulation of a hydrotreating process, with two different feedstocks coming from the same plant: raw castor oil and castor oil methyl esters. That process was modeled with two stoichiometric reactors in series. The technical viability of using methyl esters as hydrotreating feedstock for the production of biofuels such as green gasoline and diesel is demonstrated.
KW - Biofuel
KW - Hydrotreating
KW - Methyl esters
KW - Renewable diesel
KW - Vegetable oils
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U2 - 10.1002/ceat.201700619
DO - 10.1002/ceat.201700619
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0930-7516
VL - 42
SP - 167
EP - 173
JO - Chemical Engineering and Technology
JF - Chemical Engineering and Technology
IS - 1
ER -