Nano-magnetic potassium impregnated ceria as catalyst for the biodiesel production

RENEWABLE ENERGY

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Ambat, Indu¹  Srivastava, Varsha¹  Haapaniemi, Esa³  Sillanpaa, Mika^1,2 

[1] Lappeenranta Univ Technol, Sch Engn Sci, Dept Green Chem, Sammonkatu 12, FI-50130 Mikkeli, Finland

[2] Florida Int Univ, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Miami, FL 33174 USA

[3] Univ Jyvaskyla, Dept Organ Chem, Jyvaskyla, Finland

关键词: Biodiesel;    Rapeseed oil;    Transesterification;    Fe3O4-CeO2 nanocatalyst;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.renene.2019.03.042

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The main objective of this work comprises the investigation of biodiesel production from rapeseed oil using potassium impregnated Fe3O4-CeO2 nanocatalyst. The various concentration of potassium impregnated Fe3O4-CeO2 was screened for catalytic conversion of rapeseed oil to triglyceride methyl ester. The 25 wt % potassium impregnated Fe3O4-CeO2 nanocatalyst showed best biodiesel production. Nanocatalyst was characterized by MR, XRD, SEM, TEM, BET and Hammett indicator for basicity test. The characterization of biodiesel was performed with GC-MS, H-1 and C-13 NMR. Moreover, the optimum reaction parameters such as catalyst amount (wt %), oil to methanol ratio, reaction time and reaction temperature for transesterification reaction was analyzed and yield was determined by H-1 NMR. The maximum yield of 96.13% was obtained at 4.5 wt % catalyst amount, 1:7 oil to methanol ratio at 65 degrees C for 120 min. The properties of biodiesel such as acid value and kinematic viscosity were observed as 0.308 mg KOH/g and 4.37 mm(2)/s respectively. The other fuel parameters such as flash point and density were also determined. The reusability of catalyst was observed and it showed stability up to five cycles without considerable loss of activity. The recovery of excess methanol after transesterification reaction was achieved using distillation process setup. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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