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The development of new homogenous and heterogeneous catalytic processes for the treatment of low grade palm oil
•Titanium oxysulphate sulphuric acid complex hydrate (TiOSH) was used as new heterogeneous for esterification reaction.•5-sulfosalicylic acid dihydrate (5-SOCAH) was investigated for the first time in this study.•5-SOCAH and TiOSH have high catalytic activity for esterification reaction. Low grade c...
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Published in: | Journal of molecular liquids 2021-12, Vol.344, p.117574, Article 117574 |
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Summary: | •Titanium oxysulphate sulphuric acid complex hydrate (TiOSH) was used as new heterogeneous for esterification reaction.•5-sulfosalicylic acid dihydrate (5-SOCAH) was investigated for the first time in this study.•5-SOCAH and TiOSH have high catalytic activity for esterification reaction.
Low grade crude palm oil (LGCPO) presents as an attractive option as feedstock for biodiesel production due to its low cost and non-competition with food resources. Typically, LGCPO contains high contents of free fatty acids (FFA), rendering it impossible in direct trans-esterification processes due to the saponification reaction. Esterification is the typical pre-treatment process to reduce the FFA content and to produce fatty acid methyl ester (FAME). The pre-treatment of LGCPO using two different acid catalysts, such as titanium oxysulphate sulphuric acid complex hydrate (TiOSH) and 5-sulfosalicylic acid dihydrate (5-SOCAH) was investigated for the first time in this study. The optimum conditions for the homogenous catalyst (5-SOCAH) were determined as: 1.5 wt% of acid catalyst dosage, 60 °C reaction temperature, 8:1 methanol molar ratio at 60 min. For the heterogeneous TiOSH, higher catalyst dosages such as 7 wt% is required with a methanol loading of 10:1 (molar ratio) at 120 min to reduce the initial FFA to less than 3%. Under these optimum conditions for both types of catalysts; the FFA levels were reduced from 11.3 % to less than 3 %, individually. This study introduces for the first time two types of acidic catalysts with high catalytic activity for the esterification of FFA content in low grade oils for biodiesel production which could be used for the treatment of wide range of low quality oils. |
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ISSN: | 0167-7322 1873-3166 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117574 |