Bio-derived fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel, hold the potential to significantly impact modern society’s struggle to provide reliable energy to the world’s population and mitigate emissions that have a negative effect on climate systems.  Biofuels are carbon-neutral and can be easily distributed using current infrastructure and substituted into existing vehicles, engines, generators, etc.  A major obstacle to widespread adoption of biofuels has been cost; biofuel production is expensive due to the batch nature of processing.  A simple, continuous and inexpensive production method of biofuels could make them cheaper than fossil fuels and accelerate their adoption.<br/> <br/>We report the results of a project designed to develop a continuous production cycle for biodiesel from various oil feedstocks.  Primary trans-esterification occurs via sonification as the oil feedstock and Potassium Methoxide mixture is pumped along a coiled tube.  Flow speed, tube diameter and tubing length are varied in order to achieve 100% conversion of triglycerides to methyl-ester groups. <br/>

Continuous biodiesel production I: Trans-esterification via sonication

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