TY - GEN
T1 - Homogeneous catalyst design allowing for lower quality feed utilization for biodiesel production
AU - Chuck, Christopher J.
AU - Davidson, Matthew G.
AU - Lunn, Matthew D.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The transesterification of triglycerides, the major constituent of vegetable and waste oils, with methanol produces fatty acid methyl esters (FAME). The FAME can then be burned to completion in a diesel fuel engine, with an energy value equivalent to mineral diesel fuel. Current commercial catalysts are intolerant to impurities in low-quality feedstocks such as free fatty acids and water. A range of potential Lewis acid transesterification catalysts have been synthesized and characterized, containing a variety of metal centres and biologically derived ligand scaffolds. Transesterification reactions, using soybean oil, have been studied in order to investigate the utility of these catalysts for biodiesel production. The most successful catalysts to date have also been screened for the production of biodiesel from model waste oils. A homogeneous zinc carboxylate system has been shown to be the most successful, converting over 90% of the mixed glycerides to FAME over 2 hours at 200 °C.
AB - The transesterification of triglycerides, the major constituent of vegetable and waste oils, with methanol produces fatty acid methyl esters (FAME). The FAME can then be burned to completion in a diesel fuel engine, with an energy value equivalent to mineral diesel fuel. Current commercial catalysts are intolerant to impurities in low-quality feedstocks such as free fatty acids and water. A range of potential Lewis acid transesterification catalysts have been synthesized and characterized, containing a variety of metal centres and biologically derived ligand scaffolds. Transesterification reactions, using soybean oil, have been studied in order to investigate the utility of these catalysts for biodiesel production. The most successful catalysts to date have also been screened for the production of biodiesel from model waste oils. A homogeneous zinc carboxylate system has been shown to be the most successful, converting over 90% of the mixed glycerides to FAME over 2 hours at 200 °C.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/37349076213
M3 - Chapter in a published conference proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:37349076213
SN - 0841269556
SN - 9780841269552
T3 - ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
BT - 234th ACS National Meeting, Abstracts of Scientific Papers
T2 - 234th ACS National Meeting
Y2 - 19 August 2007 through 23 August 2007
ER -