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The transesterification kinetics of methyl acetate with n-octanol to octyl acetate and methanol were studied using Amberlyst 15 as catalyst in a batch stirred reactor. The influence of the agitation speed, particle size, temperature, catalyst loading, and initial reactants molar ratio was investigated in detail. A pseudo-homogeneous (PH) kinetic model was applied to correlate the experimental data in the temperature range of 313.15 K to 328.15 K. The estimated kinetic parameters made the calculated results in good agreement with the experimental data. A kinetic model describing the transesterification reaction catalyzed by cation exchange resins was developed.
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Liu, Y., Wei, M., Gao, L. et al. Kinetics of transesterification of methyl acetate and n-octanol catalyzed by cation exchange resins. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 30, 1039–1042 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-013-0023-x
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