Functionalization of MWCNT by –SO3H and –COOH Groups and Their Application as Solid Acidic Catalysts for Esterification of Waste Chicken Fat

Autor: Siavash Afrashteh, M. lotfinezhad, A. Shokuhi Rad, Etesam Ganjian, H. Reza Ghorbani
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly
Volume 31
Issue 1
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, Vol 31, Iss 1, Pp 69-75 (2017)
ISSN: 1846-5153
0352-9568
DOI: 10.15255/cabeq.2016.818
Popis: In the present research, the esterification of waste chicken fat (WCF) by two different homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts has been studied. Sulfonate and carboxylate functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT-SO3H, MWCNT-COOH) were applied as useful heterogeneous acidic catalysts during esterification of WCF. According to the experimental results, sulfonate-modified MWCNT showed more effective catalytic activity than did carboxylate-modified MWCNT. It was found that free fatty acid (FFA) of WCF in the single stage esterification of WCF had decreased down to less than 1 % in the presence of 25 % MWCNT-SO3H catalyst (according to the amount of FFA), reactor temperature of 90 °C with contact time of 3 h, and methanol/FFA molar ratio of 30:1. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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