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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
卷 21, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2021.101355
关键词
Potato peel; Oleic acid esterification; Bio-waste; Carbon based solid acid catalyst; Biodiesel
资金
- Jouf University, Saudi Arabia [40/309]
The study utilized potato peel to produce a solid acid catalyst with high surface area and concentration of acidic active sites, leading to high efficiency in biodiesel production. The catalyst demonstrated good recyclable features and maintained around 70% of its initial catalytic performance in the fifth catalytic run.
Bio-waste valorization to generate carbon-based solid acid catalysts for biodiesel production from the low-grade, highly acidic feedstocks has been a research hot spot over the last decade. In this study, an abundant bio-waste from the household kitchens, restaurants, and food processing industries, potato peel (PP), was adopted as a raw material for the production of a solid acid catalyst (SO3H-PPAC). Firstly, PP was mixed with ZnCl2 and activated at 450 degrees C for 1 h to obtain a porous carbon material (PPAC), which was subsequently sulfonated via concentrated sulfuric acid treatment. Various physicochemical techniques, such as XRD, N-2 physisorption measurements, FTIR spectroscopy, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), were used to study the structural properties of the prepared materials. The catalytic behavior of the catalyst was tested in the acid-catalyzed esterification of oleic acid with methanol for biodiesel production. The combination of the high surface area of 827.7 m(2)/g and high concentration of acidic active sites of 1.6 mmol/g led to a high oleic acid conversion efficiency of 97.2% at 5 wt.% SO3H-PPAC, methanol/oleic acid molar ratio of 12:1 at 80 degrees C after 2.5 h. Moreover, the kinetic results unveiled that the esterification reaction obeyed the pseudo-first-order kinetic model, with an activation energy of 32.9 kJ/mol. Importantly, SO3H-PPAC has satisfying recyclable features and could maintain similar to 70 % of its initial catalytic performance in the 5th catalytic run. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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