Biodiesel production from waste frying oil in sub- and supercritical methanol on a zeolite Y solid acid catalyst

doi:10.1007/s11705-013-1354-1

Front Chem Sci Eng

2013, Vol. 7

Issue (4) : 401-407 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-013-1354-1

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Biodiesel production from waste frying oil in sub- and supercritical methanol on a zeolite Y solid acid catalyst

Jorge MEDINA-VALTIERRA¹, Jorge RAMIREZ-ORTIZ²(

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1. Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Aguascalientes Institute of Technology, Aguascalientes, Ags. 20256, México; 2. Academic Unit of Chemical Sciences, Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Zac. 98160, México

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Abstract

Waste frying oil (WFO) is a very important feedstock for obtaining biodiesel at low cost and using WFO in transesterification reactions to produce biodiesel helps eliminate local environmental problems. In this study biodiesel was produced from WFO in sub- and super-critical methanol on a zeolite Y solid acid catalyst. The procedure was optimized using a design of experiments by varying the methanol to WFO molar ratio, the reaction temperature, and the amount of catalyst. Typical biodiesel yields varied from 83 to nearly 100% with methyl esters content ranging from 1.41–1.66 mol·L^-1 and typical dynamic viscosities of 22.1-8.2 cP. Gas chromatography was used to determine the molecular composition of the biodiesel. The reaction products contained over 82 wt-% methyl esters, 4.2 wt-% free acids, 13.5 wt-% monoglycerides, and 0.3 wt-% diglycerides. The transesterification of WFO with methanol around its critical temperature combined with a zeolite Y as an acid catalyst is an efficient approach for the production of biodiesel with acceptable yields.

Keywords biodiesel methanol critical temperature waste frying oil zeolite Y

Corresponding Author(s): RAMIREZ-ORTIZ Jorge,Email:jramirez@uaz.edu.mx

Issue Date: 05 December 2013

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Jorge MEDINA-VALTIERRA,Jorge RAMIREZ-ORTIZ. Biodiesel production from waste frying oil in sub- and supercritical methanol on a zeolite Y solid acid catalyst[J]. Front Chem Sci Eng, 2013, 7(4): 401-407.

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Tab.1 Notation used in the design of experiments

Tab.2 Matrix of DOE with responses for biodiesel production from WFO. Acid catalyst amount (A), the methanol/oil molar ratio (B) and reaction temperature (°C)

Fig.1 3D plots for catalyst-MeOH/Oil molar ratio (a) and catalyst-temperature (b) for biodiesel yield

Fig.2 Typical chromatogram for the 232-W biodiesel sample

Fig.3 FTIR spectra of WFO and biodiesel products (ABC-W)

Tab.3 WFO intensity and biodiesel intensity

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