Otimização das condições reacionais para síntese de ésteres metílicos a partir de blends do óleo de mamona e algodão via catálise heterogênea

Abstract

The synthesis of methyl esters from blends of castor and cotton oil via heterogeneous catalysis was optimized. Variables such as temperature, molar ratio methanol/oil, amount of catalyst and time were studied using experimental design methodology. The proposed model proved to be effective to analyze the influences of the variables. The linear regression model evaluated the variation of the data indicates that 92,05% conversion to methyl esters can be explained by the proposed method.