Marso, Tuan Mohommed Mudassar published the artcileZnO/CuO composite catalyst to pre-esterify waste coconut oil for producing biodiesel in high yield, Synthetic Route of 110-42-9, the main research area is zinc copper oxide composite catalyst waste coconut oil biodiesel.
The study reported herein describes a two-stepped catalytic approach to produce biodiesel from waste-coconut oil in high (> 90%) yield. In this regard, pre-esterification of the Free Fatty Acid (FFA) content (9.58 mg KOH g-1) of waste coconut oil in the presence of a simple ZnO/CuO composite, as a heterogeneous acid-catalyst to prevent competitive saponification and hydrolysis side reactions caused by FFA, followed by the base-catalyzed transesterification of the triglyceride of oil was performed. The ZnO/CuO catalyst was synthesized using a simultaneous precipitation method, and characterized by spectroscopic (FTIR, UV-Vis), SEM, XRD and XRF techniques. The surface acidity of the catalyst and the FFA value (AV) of the oil before and after the pre-esterification was determined using the Hammett indicator method. The pre-esterification was performed at different temperatures (5-125°C), time intervals (15-235 min), and using different weight percentages (wt%) of catalyst loading (0.005-2.665) and methanol-to-oil ratios. The optimum reaction conditions were identified using a central composite rotatable design (CCRD). The results of the study revealed that a small amount of the catalyst (1.66 wt%) is enough, and the catalyst could be easily recovered and reused 3-4 catalytic runs for reducing the AV of waste coconut oil by 94.53% under milder conditions (within 113 min, at 55°C in the presence of 10.5:1 methanol-to-oil ratio) than those conditions reported so far. The biodiesel obtained this way was free from soap, and consistent with ASTM-D6751 and EN-14214 standards
Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis published new progress about Acid number. 110-42-9 belongs to class esters-buliding-blocks, name is Methyl decanoate, and the molecular formula is C11H22O2, Synthetic Route of 110-42-9.
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