Enhanced epoxidation of soybean oil by novel Al 2 O 3 –ZrO 2 –TiO 2 solid acid catalyst

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Wei ◽  
Qianwei Cheng ◽  
Tingguang Sun ◽  
Shan Tong ◽  
Luli Meng
Catalysts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaochuan Zou ◽  
Xuyuan Nie ◽  
Zhiwen Tan ◽  
Kaiyun Shi ◽  
Cun Wang ◽  
...  

In this paper, a solid acid catalyst (ZPS–PVPA–SO3H) was prepared by anchoring thiol group on zirconium poly(styrene-phenylvinyl-phosphonate)-phosphate (ZPS–PVPA), followed by oxidation of thiol groups to obtain sulfonic acid groups. The solid acid catalyst was characterized by XPS, X-ray, EDS, SEM, and TG-DSC. The successful preparation of sulfonic acid-functionalized ZPS–PVPA was confirmed. Subsequently, the catalytic performance of ZPS–PVPA–SO3H was investigated in the epoxidation of soybean oil. The results demonstrated that ZPS–PVPA–SO3H can effectively catalyze epoxidation of soybean oil with TBHP as an oxidant. Moreover, there was no significant decrease in catalytic activity after 5 repeated uses of the ZPS–PVPA–SO3H. Interestingly, the ZPS–PVPA–SO3H was kept in 2 mol/L of HCl overnight after the end of the seventh reaction, and the catalytic activity was gradually restored during the eighth to tenth cycles.


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (60) ◽  
pp. 38016-38025
Author(s):  
Yuxin Zhang ◽  
Xinluo Song ◽  
Shicong Li ◽  
Bangyao Zhao ◽  
Liangliang Tong ◽  
...  

A Keggin-PW12@UIO-66 composite has been synthesized solvothermally through a two-step process and employed as a solid acid catalyst to convert soybean oil into biodiesel.


2021 ◽  
Vol 290 ◽  
pp. 01033
Author(s):  
Dong Lixin ◽  
Zhang Xueqiong ◽  
Chen Jing ◽  
Hao Yinan ◽  
Pang Liwen ◽  
...  

This study makes use of soybean oil to produce biodiesel using SO42-/ZrO2-HJ-2# caly solid acid catalyst (SZ-HJ-2#). It was through coprecipitation and impregnation method that the catalyst was prepared which was then characterized by means of FE-SEM, XRD, EDS, BET, FT-IR, ICP-MS, NH3-TPD and XPS. The catalytic property of the synthesized catalyst was determined by using it to produce biodiesel from soybean oil. A study was carried out to find the effect of the different preparation condition of catalyst affecting the process. For SZ-HJ-2#, Optimized condition of 0.5 mol/L(zirconium salt solution), 1.5 mol/L (the concentration of sulfuric acid impregnating solution) and 450℃(calcination temperature). Optimized conditions of 8.32:1 methanol to soybean oil molar ratio and catalytic loading of 1 wt% at 55℃ with a stirring rate of 500 rpm for a reaction duration of 10 h gave a maximum yield of 89.6 wt%. Moreover, the further investigation indicated the catalytic activities were closely related to the ratio of Brönsted acid sites and intensity on catalysts. Besides, the excellent performance of the catalyst during recycling was shown by conducting reusability study.


Author(s):  
Charishma Venkata Sai Anne ◽  
Karthikeyan S. ◽  
Arun C.

Background: Waste biomass derived reusable heterogeneous acid based catalysts are more suitable to overcome the problems associated with homogeneous catalysts. The use of agricultural biomass as catalyst for transesterification process is more economical and it reduces the overall production cost of biodiesel. The identification of an appropriate suitable catalyst for effective transesterification will be a landmark in biofuel sector Objective: In the present investigation, waste wood biomass was used to prepare a low cost sulfonated solid acid catalyst for the production of biodiesel using waste cooking oil. Methods: The pretreated wood biomass was first calcined then sulfonated with H2SO4. The catalyst was characterized by various analyses such as, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The central composite design (CCD) based response surface methodology (RSM) was applied to study the influence of individual process variables such as temperature, catalyst load, methanol to oil molar ration and reaction time on biodiesel yield. Results: The obtained optimized conditions are as follows: temperature (165 ˚C), catalyst loading (1.625 wt%), methanol to oil molar ratio (15:1) and reaction time (143 min) with a maximum biodiesel yield of 95 %. The Gas chromatographymass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis of biodiesel produced from waste cooking oil was showed that it has a mixture of both monounsaturated and saturated methyl esters. Conclusion: Thus the waste wood biomass derived heterogeneous catalyst for the transesterification process of waste cooking oil can be applied for sustainable biodiesel production by adding an additional value for the waste materials and also eliminating the disposable problem of waste oils.


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 14071-14078
Author(s):  
Xi-Que Wu ◽  
Pan-Dao Liu ◽  
Qun Liu ◽  
Shu-Ying Xu ◽  
Yu-Cang Zhang ◽  
...  

A new strategy was developed to produce cellulose nanofibrils and films from elephant grass using deep eutectic solvents and a recyclable solid acid catalyst with assistance of ultrasonic disintegration and a suction filtration film forming method.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manickam Selvaraj ◽  
Mohammed A. Assiri ◽  
Hari Singh ◽  
Jimmy Nelson Appaturi ◽  
Subrahmanyam Ch ◽  
...  

Prins cyclization of styrene (SE) with paraformaldehyde (PFCHO) was conducted with mesoporous ZnAlMCM-41 catalysts for synthesis of 4-phenyl-1,3-dioxane (4-PDO) under a liquid phase heterogeneous catalytic method. For comparison study, the...


Catalysts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Davide Rigo ◽  
Nadia Alessandra Carmo Dos Santos ◽  
Alvise Perosa ◽  
Maurizio Selva

An unprecedented two-step sequence was designed by combining batch and continuous flow (CF) protocols for the upgrading of two aminodiol regioisomers derived from glycerol, i.e., 3-amino-1,2-propanediol and 2-amino-1,3-propanediol (serinol). Under batch conditions, at 80–90 °C, both substrates were quantitatively converted into the corresponding amides through a catalyst-free N-acetylation reaction mediated by an innocuous enol ester as isopropenyl acetate (iPAc). Thereafter, at 30–100 °C and 1–10 atm, the amide derivatives underwent a selective CF-acetalisation in the presence of acetone and a solid acid catalyst, to afford the double-functionalized (amide-acetal) products.


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