Journal
BIOFUEL RESEARCH JOURNAL-BRJ
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 565-570Publisher
GREEN WAVE PUBL CANADA
DOI: 10.18331/BRJ2017.4.1.7
Keywords
Biodiesel; Glycerol valorization; Acetins; Ethyl acetate; Amberlyst 36
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- Isfahan University of Technology
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Transesterification of glycerol with ethyl acetate was performed over acidic catalysts in the batch and semi-batch systems. Ethyl acetate was used as reactant and entrainer to remove the produced ethanol during the reaction, through azeotrope formation. Since the azeotrope of ethyl acetate and ethanol forms at 70 degrees C, all the experiments were performed at this temperature. Para-toluene sulfonic acid, sulfuric acid, and Amberlyst 36 were used as catalyst. The effect of process parameters including ethyl acetate to glycerol molar ratio ( 6-12), reaction time ( 3-9 h), and the catalyst to glycerol weight ( 2.5-9.0%), on the conversion and products selectivities were investigated. Under reflux conditions, 100% glycerol conversion was obtained with 45%, 44%, and 11% selectivity to monoacetin, diacetin, and triacetin, respectively. Azeotropic reactive distillation led to 100% conversion of glycerol with selectivities of 3%, 48% and 49% for monoacetin, diacetin, and triacetin. During the azeotropic reactive distillation, it was possible to remove ethanol to shift the equilibrium towards diacetin and triacetin. Therefore, the total selectivity to diacetin and triacetin was increased from 55% to 97% through azeotropic distillation. (C) 2017 BRTeam. All rights reserved.
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