Petroleum Processing and Petrochemicals ›› 2015, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (1): 97-100.

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MONITORING BIODIESEL HYDROTREATING PROCESS CONDITIONS BY IR

  

  • Received:2014-06-20 Revised:2014-07-31 Online:2015-01-12 Published:2014-12-18

Abstract: The products of hydrotreated animal fats or vegetable oils were analyzed by IR spectrometer. The corrected height of the peaks at 2 925, 1 745, 1 710 cm-1 were used to calculate A1745/ A2925, a ratio of ester to alkane and A1710/ A2925 , a ratio of acid to alkane, which represent the contents of ester and acid in product, respectively. The results show that A1745/ A2925 and A1710/ A2925 are very effective to differentiate the hydrotreating depth, and can be used to screen the suitable reaction conditions for animal fats or vegetable oils hydrotreating processes.