Synthesis Acetylation of Glycerol Using Batch Reactor and Continuous Reactive Distillation Column

Authors

  • Zahrul Mufrodi Gadjah Mada University
  • Rochmadi Rochmadi Gadjah Mada University
  • Sutijan Sutijan Gadjah Mada University
  • Arief Budiman Gadjah Mada University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4186/ej.2014.18.2.29

Keywords:

Triacetin, bio-additive, reactive distillation

Abstract

Biodiesel production from vegetable oil produces glycerol as by-product with the amount of about 10 wt% of its product. This excessive amount of glycerol needs to be converted into the higher valuable product. One of the prospective glycerol's derivatives is triacetin, a good bio-additive as anti-knocking agent. The synthesis of triacetin from glycerol and acetic acid using sulfuric acid catalyst has been performed in batch and continuous process. In this work, triacetin was synthesized using batch reactor to give 96.30% of glycerol conversion and 20.50% of triacetin selectivity. Meanwhile, the production using continuous reactive distillation resulted in glycerol conversion of 98.51% and 8.84% of triacetin selectivity.

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Zahrul Mufrodi
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Gadjah Mada University, No. 2, Grafika Street, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
Department of Chemical Engineering, Ahmad Dahlan University, No. 9, Kapas Street, Yogyakarta 55166, Indonesia

Rochmadi Rochmadi
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Gadjah Mada University, No. 2, Grafika Street, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia

Sutijan Sutijan
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Gadjah Mada University, No. 2, Grafika Street, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia

Arief Budiman
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Gadjah Mada University, No. 2, Grafika Street, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia

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Vol 18 No 2, Apr 18, 2014
How to Cite
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Z. Mufrodi, R. Rochmadi, S. Sutijan, and A. Budiman, “Synthesis Acetylation of Glycerol Using Batch Reactor and Continuous Reactive Distillation Column”, Eng. J., vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 29-40, Apr. 2014.
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