Table 5. Operating Conditions Used in the Performance Calculation for the Reactor with Inert Gas Stripping.
| initial FAME concentration (mol/m3) | 2509 |
| initial DEA concentration (mol/m3) | 2650 |
| initial volume of the gas (mL) | 900 |
| initial volume of the liquid mixture (mL) | 100 |
| M = total reactor volume/initial volume of liquid mixture | 10 |
| temperature (°C) | 80 |
| Keq at 80 °C (obtained from Section 4.2) | 16.92 |
| kf at 80 °C (m3/mol·min) (obtained from Section 4.2) | 3.95 × 10–5 |
| γMeOH at 80 °C (obtained from Section 4.2) | 0.7 |
| Cref, (mol/m3) = initial FAME concentration (mol/m3) | 2509 |
| Qg, (m3/min) (Qg* = 10) | 9.91 × 10–5 |