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Location : [in Japanese]
Date : January 18, 2017 - January 19, 2017
Pages 21-22
Intrinsic transesterification rate of palm oil with methanol can be easily measured in homogeneous phase, which can be accomplished by adding a co-solvent to the reaction mixture. The authors found that the type of co-solvent influences the transesterification reaction rate constant. In this paper, the authors tried to clarify this unknown phenomenon by applying the concept of hydrodynamic size and intermolecular interaction of palm oil molecules, which depend on the type of co-solvent. Methylethylketone (MEK) and tetrahydrofurane (THF) were used as co-solvents.
