Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 249, Issue -, Pages 494-500Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.10.048
Keywords
Spent coffee ground (SCG); Biodiesel; Fatty acid ethyl ester; Solvo-thermal in situ transesterification
Funding
- Advanced Biomass R & D Center (ABC) as the Global Frontier Project - Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, South Korea [ABC-2010-0029728]
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This work addresses non-catalytic biodiesel production from spent coffee ground (SCG) by integrating solvo-thermal effect of 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) with in situ transesterification over 160 degrees C. The SCG water content has a positive effect on the DCE hydrolysis up to 60 wt% due to the bimolecular substitution mechanism. The hydrolysis gives an acidic environment favorable for cellulose decomposition, SCG particle size reduction and lipid conversion. The optimal fatty acid ethyl ester yield was 11.8 wt% based on the mass of dried SCG with 3.36 ml ethanol and 3.16 ml DCE at 196.8 degrees C through the response surface methodology. Using the solvo-thermal effect, direct utilization of wet SCG as a biodiesel feedstock provides not only economic feasibility without using drying process and additional acid catalyst but also environmental advantage of recycling the municipal waste.
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