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Synthesis of MnO-NiO-SO4 2/ZrO2 solid acid catalyst for methyl ester production from palm fatty acid distillate


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Al-Jaberi, Salam H. H. and Rashid, Umer and Al-Doghachi, Fairs A. J. and Abdulkareem-Alsultana, G. and Taufiq-Yap, Y. H. (2017) Synthesis of MnO-NiO-SO4 2/ZrO2 solid acid catalyst for methyl ester production from palm fatty acid distillate. Energy Conversion and Management, 139. 166 - 174. ISSN 0196-8904; ESSN: 1879-2227

Abstract

Biodiesel is a found promising alternative biofuel to popular fossil fuel because of to its renewable and biodegradable nature and thus is considered as environmentally benign. This paper reports on the synthesis of a novel heterogeneous manganese-nickel doped on sulfated zirconia catalyst (MnO-NiO-SO4−2/ZrO2) by using simple wet impregnation method for biodiesel production from palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD). The synthesized catalyst was characterized through ammonia temperature programmed desorption (TPD-NH3), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), pyridine adsorption via FTIR, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) techniques. The synthesized catalyst was tested for PFAD through esterification reaction where more than 97% of biodiesel yield was observed under the optimized reaction conditions of 15:1 methanol to PFAD ratio, 70 °C reaction temperature, 3 wt% catalyst loading and 3 h reaction time. The reusability of the catalyst was tested and found that it could be reused for at least five times without significant reduction in activity. Hence, the catalyst was found suitable for biodiesel production from low grade feedstock.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science
Institute of Advanced Technology
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2017.02.056
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Biodiesel; Solid acid catalyst; Esterification reaction; PFAD
Depositing User: Mohd Hafiz Che Mahasan
Date Deposited: 16 Oct 2018 00:30
Last Modified: 16 Oct 2018 00:30
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1016/j.enconman.2017.02.056
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63364
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