I NTERNATIONAL J OURNAL OF C HEMICAL R EACTOR E NGINEERING Volume 5 2007 Article A37 Simulation, Case Studies and Optimization of a Biodiesel Process with a Solid Acid Catalyst Alex H. West * Dusko Posarac † Naoko Ellis ‡ * University of British Columbia, awest@chml.ubc.ca † University of British Columbia, posarac@chml.ubc.ca ‡ University of British Columbia, nellis@chml.ubc.ca ISSN 1542-6580 Copyright c 2007 The Berkeley Electronic Press. All rights reserved.