Transesterification of Biodiesel Calculations: Methanol, Ethanol Amounts and % Yield

This video gives the formulas for and works through an example calculation for the amount of ethanol or methanol needed for the transesterification of biodiesel reaction in biodiesel production. It also works through an example for percent yield from the oil or fat used to make biodiesel.

[ChillBoyYt.]

Where is the equipment to do the process

[kamalkhairi]

but what about the amount of catalyst NaOH? how do we calculate that?

[vikas-brsu]

Can I use Isopropyl alcohol to produce biodiesel.

[magedalattas]

How can i get the amount of catalyst should be used?

[miraalg]

Helpful thank you. the equation you used is very simple

[justadudewithsunglasses]

Please do you have any video or link of microwave Assisted method of biodiesel production. I'm currently doing my project and this is my topic but I can't find any video on it. I would like to see how the microwave was modified. Thank you.

[notbad]

Speaking of the yield, what tells us that the upper phase contains only biodiesel and not unreacted oil

[GeorginaTemblique]

I used 5:1 molar ratio, it means that the methanol significantly increased the yield of the biodiesel. Which formula should I use? If I use your formula, it would result to 359%. However, this value doesn't make sense in this context because yields greater than 100% are not physically possible.

[TheBlankenman]

what do you do after the fact and you have a large soap glob

[bansalclasses]

can you please tell us if i am producing biodiesel from microalgae then in that case what would be the molecular weight??

[Bo-mybn]

Does reacting ethanol with sodium hydroxide work

[bhaarat]

bro can u tell me if i use 0.860 density tellow oil 1000 ltr how many ltr methanol needed

[lakshayahissaria]

How to calculate methanol and sodium methoxide for transesterification process

[nathangalang]

What if the biodiesel is more than the oil? Can the percent yield exceed 100%?

[mandarchikhalikar]

So poor ...atleast tell the molar ratio properly ...whose ratio is it