Modelling Batch Reactor for Milk Bush (Thevetia peruviana) Oil Transesterification in the Production of Biodiesel.

In this study, modelling equations for the simulation of batch reactor functional dimensions at isothermal condition are proposed exploiting the transesterification kinetic of Olatunji et. al. (2012). The kinetic model proposed by Olatunji et. al. (2012) was obtained through the laboratory experiment on which Biodiesel was produced using alcohol to oil molar ratio of 6:1, 9:1 and 12:1; the reaction temperature was put at constant 50 0 C, and the catalyst loading percentages is between 0.5% and 1.5% as proposed by Olatunji et. al. (2012). From the results obtained, the modelling equations proposed are capable of simulating reactor dimensions as a function of the kinetic parameters. The simulated results obtained was analysed with MATLAB programming language which has demonstrated the dependency of reactor dimensions as proposed by the kinetic parameters proposed by Olatunji et. al. (2012).