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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN
Volume 130, Issue -, Pages 29-34Publisher
INST CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2017.11.037
Keywords
Ionic liquid regeneration; Acidity; Caprolactam-based ionic liquid; Transesterification
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- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2014M551987]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [17CX02019A]
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As catalysts for biodiesel preparation, functional acidic ionic liquids (ILs) exhibit excellent catalytic property and good application prospect. However, regeneration and reuse of ILs are crucial issues that limit their industrial application. In this work, the regeneration of caprolactam-based Bronsted acidic IL [HSO3-bCPL][HSO4] during the transesterification of Jatropha oil was investigated. The results indicated that [HSO3-bCPL][HSO4] started to deactivate after repeating use for 9 times, and was deactivated after 12 times. The major cause of the deactivation was that the acidity decreased during the recycling process, and there was a negative linear correlation between acidity decline rate and the biodiesel yield. The deactivated [HSO3-bCPL][HSO4] could be regenerated by supplementing acidity with concentrated sulfuric acid and the dosage of H2SO4 was equal to the acidity decline rate approximately. The catalytic activity and reusability of regenerated [HSO3-bCPL][HSO4] were approached to those of the fresh one. (C) 2017 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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