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dc.contributor.authorGonzález Mendoza, Luis Antonio 
dc.contributor.authorHorstmann, F.
dc.contributor.authorDíaz, L.
dc.contributor.authorBrito, A.
dc.contributor.otherIngeniería Química y Tecnología Farmacéutica
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-18T21:06:18Z
dc.date.available2023-12-18T21:06:18Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.urihttp://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/34854
dc.description.abstractNon-polar oil and polar short-chain alcohols, used as reactants in the transesterification reaction, are immiscible. Transesterification reactions can only occur on the phase boundary and they are therefore diffusion-limited. Several methods are employed to overcome the limitation of mass transfer by increasing miscibility and thereby accelerating the reaction. Co-solvents are additional solvents that should be soluble in the oil and alcohol phase; this could lead to an increase in the reaction rate and a reduction in the temperature and the reaction time. This work aims to provide a comprehensive literature review on the influence of co-solvents on the processes of catalysed methanolysis for the biodiesel production. Most authors have not systematically determined and justified the effects of cosolvents. So far it seems impossible to establish which cosolvents are the most suitable for which methanolysis systems. The purpose of this work is to highlight and justify the differences or similarities in co-solvent impacts among the various publications by examining the chemical structure of the respective co-solvents, including the functional groups and the resulting physicochemical properties such as the dielectric constant or the log P value. Besides biodiesel, co-solvents like THF and acetone seems to be the best choices for alkaline methanolysis systems due to successful broadly applications with different oils, catalysts and reaction conditions. Moreover, THF and n-hexane are essentially advisable for in-situ methanolysis.en
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dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHeliyon, 9, e13006
dc.rightsLicencia Creative Commons (Reconocimiento-No comercial-Sin obras derivadas 4.0 Internacional)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es_ES
dc.titleA comprehensive review of the influence of co-solvents on the catalysed methanolysis process to obtain biodieselen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13006
dc.subject.keywordBiodiesel biofuelen
dc.subject.keywordCatalysisen
dc.subject.keywordCo-solventen
dc.subject.keywordMass transferen
dc.subject.keywordMethanolysisen


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