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Synthesis of T-Type low-viscosity hydrocarbon bio-lubricant from fatty acid methyl esters and coconut oil

Journal

RENEWABLE ENERGY
Volume 186, Issue -, Pages 280-287

Publisher

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.12.150

Keywords

Fatty acid methyl ester; Selective hydrogenation; Bromination; Nucleophilic addition; Bio-lubricant base oil

Funding

  1. National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFB0701100]
  2. Recruitment Program of Global Young Experts in China
  3. Natural Science Foundation of China [21573075]

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The study developed a new strategy to synthesize bio-lubricant base oil using biomass-derived long-chain alkanes, which show comparable properties to traditional petrochemical-based lubricants. This strategy offers a promising route for producing high-quality bio-lubricant base oil.
Biomass-derived long-chain alkanes with highly symmetrical branches, which show comparable properties to traditional petrochemical-based poly-a-olefin (PAO), have great potential economic value for industrial application. In this work, we developed a new strategy to prepare T-type low-viscosity biolubricant base oil using inexpensive lipid-derived fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) as raw materials with a total carbon yield of around 67.3%. The fatty acid methyl ester compounds (R1-COOCH3) were converted to fatty alcohols using methanol as the solvent and hydrogen donor over the Cu/SiO2 catalyst. Subsequently, fatty alcohol was further brominated to the Bromo-Grignard reagents (R1-CH2-MgBr). In the next step, a T-type synthetic bio-lubricant base oil (R1-C(R2)-R1) was formed by the hydrodeoxygenation of symmetrical tertiary alcohol precursors over Pd/C, where symmetrical tertiary alcohol precursors were obtained via the nucleophilic addition of Bromo-Grignard reagents with fatty acid methyl ester (R2COOCH3). The specific properties of the branched representative bio-lubricant C32 (12'10'10') are comparable to those of the commercial lubricant PAO 3.6. This strategy offered a new promising route for synthesizing high-quality bio-lubricant base oil.

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