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FUEL
Volume 348, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2023.128594
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Heteropoly acid supported catalyst; Green seed canola oil; Biodiesel; Response surface methodology; Kinetics
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Biodiesel synthesis was conducted using a non-edible feedstock obtained from green seeds of canola oil and a 12-tungstophosphoric heteropoly acid supported mesoporous aluminosilicate catalyst. The effects of catalyst loading, methanol to oil molar ratio, and reaction time on biodiesel yield were studied using response surface methodology. The highest biodiesel yield of 89% was obtained at optimum reaction conditions. Kinetic study revealed a pre-exponential factor of 9.1 x 102 min-1 and an activation energy of 36.34 kJ/mol.
Biodiesel synthesis using a non-edible feedstock obtained from green seeds of canola oil using 12-tungstophos-phoric heteropoly acid supported mesoporous aluminosilicate (HPW/MAS) catalyst was conducted. Response surface methodology (RSM) based on central composite design (CCD) approach was implemented to study the effects of catalyst loading, methanol to oil (M/O) molar ratio, and reaction time on biodiesel yield. A polynomial quadratic model was developed as a suitable model to correlate the reaction parameters to the response. M/O molar ratio indicated the most effect on biodiesel yield owing to the reversible nature of this reaction, while catalyst loading had minor effect on it. The highest biodiesel yield of 89 % was obtained at optimum reaction conditions of 5.9 wt% of catalyst loading, 27.2 of M/O molar ratio, at 200 degrees C and 4 MPa for 8 h. The formation of biodiesel was verified using HPLC, NMR and GC-MS analyses for their functional groups corresponding to esters. Kinetic study was carried out with pseudo first order assumption at various reaction temperatures in the range of 160 to 200 degrees C. From the Arrhenius equation, the pre-exponential factor and activation energy were found to be 9.1 x 102 min-1 and 36.34 kJ/mol, respectively.
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