Application of water treatment sludge as a low-cost and eco-friendly catalyst in the biodiesel production via fatty acids esterification: Process optimization
| Autor: | Silma de Sá Barros, Flávio Augusto de Freitas, Mitsuo Lopes Takeno, Wanison A.G. Pessoa Junior, Francisco Xavier Nobre, Edson Pablo da Silva, Ingrity S.C. Sá, Stefan Iglauer, Lizandro Manzato |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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chemistry.chemical_classification
Biodiesel 020209 energy Mechanical Engineering Fatty acid 02 engineering and technology Building and Construction Heterogeneous catalysis Pollution Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Catalysis Oleic acid chemistry.chemical_compound General Energy 020401 chemical engineering chemistry Biodiesel production 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Water treatment Methanol 0204 chemical engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Civil and Structural Engineering Nuclear chemistry |
| Zdroj: | Energy. 213:118824 |
| ISSN: | 0360-5442 |
| Popis: | One of the ways to produce biodiesel is through fatty acid esterification via heterogeneous catalysis. The water treatment plants in Manaus - Amazonas/Brazil produce about 20 tons of sludge per day. In order to establish an application to this abundant waste as a new heterogeneous catalyst, acid and heat treatments were performed and characterized by X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, surface area, and scanning electron microscopy. The sludge is mainly composed of Si, Al, and Fe. Only the sludge without heat treatment showed S levels after acid treatment, proving the sulfation in these materials. The obtained materials were applied as catalysts, where the activity was evaluated by fatty acid esterification with methanol. The process was optimized using the best catalyst (WTS3M) and oleic acid, where under the following reaction conditions: 15:1 methanol:acid molar ratio, 5 wt% of catalyst, 100 °C and 3 h of reaction, resulted in conversions higher than 97%. The application of water treatment sludge as a catalyst with high catalytic activity for methyl oleate synthesis and the possibility of regeneration were demonstrated. This study will thus aid in the cost-effective reduction of water treatment sludge and increase the potential for additional biofuel production. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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