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2011-04-13

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Torres Ortega, A. J., & Morales Pedraza, N. (2011). Bio-Detergent oil derivative used frying. Publicaciones E Investigación, 5(1), 87-99. https://doi.org/10.22490/25394088.588
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Bio-Detergent oil derivative used frying

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22490/25394088.588
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Alfonso Jesús Torres Ortega Universidad de La Salle. Bogotá
Nelly Morales Pedraza Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia- UNAD. Bogotá

Currently, the global trend towards sustainable development for environmental friendly products such as biosurfactants shows an excellent performance. Anionic surface active agents can be produced from renewable natural raw materials such as vegetable oils mainly derived from palm oil. Methyl ester sulfonate is an active component of highly biodegradable detergents, one advantage compared with detergents derived from petrochemicals which generate a high pollutant load. This paper proposes the study of sulfonation with sulfur trioxide of esters derived from waste cooking oil which main component is palm oil. The falling film reactor allows determining the conditions of the process at pilot scale. The experimentation allowed an enhancement of empirical equations in the equipment implemented for this purpose and to determine some physicochemical properties. The comparison obtained for this same process with petrochemicals compounds indicates that the model could be applied to any film sulfonation but adjusting the parameters and specific conditions, such as the physicochemical properties of the compounds used, since the sulfonation process described in this work is one of the more complicated cases. The technological development presented here seeks to contribute with the industrial needs to promote green chemical industry for the production of biosurfactant from waste frying oil.