Soybean and babassu biodiesel production: a laboratory scale study and an exergy analysis approach

The emission of gases from the fleet of vehicles is one of the main sources of the environmental impact of the planet. Reversing this scenario, environmental awareness and a search for alternative sources of energy has been growing exponentially in recent years. In this context, the production of bi...

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Autores: Mamede, Antônio Alison da Silva, Lopes, Ada Amélia Sanders, Marques, Rosali Barbosa, Malveira, Jackson de Queiroz, Rios, Maria Alexsandra de Sousa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufc.br:riufc/59465
Acceso en línea:http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/59465
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Biodiesel
Babassu oil
Soybean oil
Exergy
Transesterification
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Sumario:The emission of gases from the fleet of vehicles is one of the main sources of the environmental impact of the planet. Reversing this scenario, environmental awareness and a search for alternative sources of energy has been growing exponentially in recent years. In this context, the production of biofuels presents itself as an alternative for the lowest environmental impact, energy, and economy, with emphasis on biodiesel. The scale of production of this biofuel, the options related to the raw materials and their conditions are intertwined with the energy and exergetic efficiencies of the process. Therefore, no work was constructed as an analysis of the biodiesel production processes of soybeans and babassu, in which they were conducted on a laboratory scale. According to the results, the production of soybean biodiesel arose in exergetic efficiency of 73.25% and the production of biodiesel from babassu of 74.72%.