COMPARISON OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF REACTIONS KINETICS OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION PROCESS

Abstract

Several different mathematical models describing the process of biodiesel production from triglycerides during the transesterification reaction of vegetable oil with monohydric alcohols (methanol, ethanol) were investigated and compared. The analysis revealed the difficulty of comparing different mathematical models and the lack of a unified approach to modeling the process under study. The most accurate of all analyzed models to describe and predict the progress of this process is the Schwartz model