Table 2 The compositions of products at the column top (export 8) and the column bottom (reboiler)

From: High performance catalytic distillation using CNTs-based holistic catalyst for production of high quality biodiesel

product

Top (wt. %)

Bottom (wt. %)

FAME

68.2

97.0

Glyceraldehyde

1.7

0.2

Glycericacid

4.3

0.3

Acrolein dimethyl acetal

4.5

0.4

1,1-Dimethoxyhexane

9.3

0.5

Linoleic acid monoester

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1.1

Others

12.0

0.6

  1. *The excess methanol is refluxed to the b2 inlet. The product in reboiler is taken out directly without further treatment. The condensate at the export 8 is collected without further treatment.
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