From: An overview to process design, simulation and sustainability evaluation of biodiesel production
Feed definition (model compound) | Production process | Thermo-physical properties estimation and thermodynamic model | Reactor module | Plant capacity (tons/year) | Operation mode | Simulation tool | Refs. |
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Triolein | Homogenous and heterogeneous alkali-catalysed | – | Batch | 7260 | Batch | SuperPro Designer | [29] |
Pure triolien + oleic acid | Alkali and acid-catalysed processes | NRTL and UNIQUAC-LLE | Yield | 8000 | Continuous | Aspen HYSYS | [31] |
Pure triolien + oleic acid | Alkali, acid, heterogeneous acid-catalysed and supercritical processes | NRTL, UNIFAC-LLE and UNIFAC-VLE | Yield | 8000 | Continuous | Aspen HYSYS | [22] |
Triolein and trilinolein | Supercritical process | NRTL and UNIFAC with Redlich–Kwong equation of state | Yield | 8000 | Continuous | Aspen PLUS | [43] |
Triolein, tripalmitin and trilinolein | Supercritical with power cogeneration process | UNIFAC and Soave–Redlich–Kwong equations of state | – | 2780 and 16,550 | Continuous | CHEMCAD | [44] |
Triolein | Enzyme-catalyed process | NRTL and UNIFAC-DMD | Stoichiometric | 8000 and 200,000 | Continuous | Aspen PLUS | [23] |
Triolein, monoolein, stearic acid, palmitic acid, oleic acid | Enzyme-catalysed process | NRTL and UNIFAC | Stoichiometric | 6482 | Continuous | Aspen PLUS | [19] |
Tripalmitin, tristearin, triolein, trilinolein and trilinolenin; palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic and linolenic acid | Alkali-catalysed process | NRTL | Conversion | 64,000 | Continuous | Aspen HYSYS | [20] |
Triolein, diolein, monoolein | Enzymatic process | NRTL and UNIFAC-DMD | Kinetic (CSTR) | 11,200 | Continues | Aspen HYSYS | [45] |