Helow Pieter Koole The free fatty acids react with Naoh , make sop and hence retards as this this an unwanted byprocts as this one is called the saponifcation , where as the other one you understand well is transesterication , whwr both the by products are glyceine where is the main product is the Bio D and soap . I hope you understand now
sd Pannir selvam Brasil On 5/8/05, Pieter Koole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > Maybe a silly question, but I cannot figure out how it works really. > As far as I understand, veg.oil exists out of a glycerol + 3 fatty acids, > like a head with 3 legs. > During the BD proces, we break off the legs, using NaOH, and connect a > methanol molecule on each leg. > When we break off the legs, I would think we have free legs, so free fatty > acids. > What mistakes do I make when I think this is how it works ? > So, if this is how it works (which is prob. not the case), why do we worry > about free fatty acids ? I would say that we only would need less lye, > because the legs are already lose. > > Met dank en vriendelijke groet, > Pieter Koole > Netherlands > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > -- Pagandai V Pannirselvam Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN Departamento de Engenharia Qu’mica - DEQ Centro de Tecnologia - CT Programa de P—s Gradua¨‹o em Engenharia Qu’mica - PPGEQ Grupo de Pesquisa em Engenharia de Custos - GPEC Av. Senador Salgado Filho, Campus Universit‡rio CEP 59.072-970 , Natal/RN - Brasil Residence : Av Odilon gome de lima, 2951, Q6/Bl.G/Apt 102 Capim Macio EP 59.078-400 , Natal/RN - Brasil Telefone(fax) ( 84 ) 215-3770 Ramal20 2171557 Telefone(fax) ( 84 ) 215-3770 Ramal20 2171557 _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
