Tire-derived carbon for catalytic preparation of biofuels from feedstocks containing free fatty acids
Abstract
The utilization of waste feedstocks rich in free fatty acids (FFAs) improves biofuel production on the basis of economics and sustainability. However, converting these feedstocks to usable biofuel poses inherent problems in terms of the FFA to biofuel conversion yield and the catalyst lifetime. Here, we report novel ferric sulfate impregnated carbon derived from waste tires as highly active catalysts for FFA to biofuel conversion. Our approach takes advantage of facile synthesis methods involving sonication and dehydration processes to create materials that are useful for the efficient catalytic conversion of FFAs to advanced biofuels. Esterification of FFAs to fatty acid methyl esters was achieved at 65 °C and atmospheric pressure with >98% yield even in the presence of triglycerides. These catalysts maintained similar activity after four successive uses, which indicates that the active catalytic sites are effectively supported by the three-dimensional meso/microporous architecture of the tire-derived carbon.
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- Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS)
- Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (United States). Department of Chemistry and Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (CEES)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Chemical Sciences Division; Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). The Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education
- Univ. of Louisville, KY (United States). Mechanical Engineering and Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). The Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science and Technology Division
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1474577
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Carbon Resources Conversion
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 1; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2588-9133
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Biofuels; Solid acid catalyst; Recycled tires; Free fatty acids; Esterification
Citation Formats
Hood, Zachary D., Adhikari, Shiba P., Evans, Samuel F., Wang, Hui, Li, Yunchao, Naskar, Amit K., Chi, Miaofang, Lachgar, Abdou, and Paranthaman, M Parans. Tire-derived carbon for catalytic preparation of biofuels from feedstocks containing free fatty acids. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.crcon.2018.07.007.
Hood, Zachary D., Adhikari, Shiba P., Evans, Samuel F., Wang, Hui, Li, Yunchao, Naskar, Amit K., Chi, Miaofang, Lachgar, Abdou, & Paranthaman, M Parans. Tire-derived carbon for catalytic preparation of biofuels from feedstocks containing free fatty acids. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crcon.2018.07.007
Hood, Zachary D., Adhikari, Shiba P., Evans, Samuel F., Wang, Hui, Li, Yunchao, Naskar, Amit K., Chi, Miaofang, Lachgar, Abdou, and Paranthaman, M Parans. Thu .
"Tire-derived carbon for catalytic preparation of biofuels from feedstocks containing free fatty acids". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crcon.2018.07.007. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1474577.
@article{osti_1474577,
title = {Tire-derived carbon for catalytic preparation of biofuels from feedstocks containing free fatty acids},
author = {Hood, Zachary D. and Adhikari, Shiba P. and Evans, Samuel F. and Wang, Hui and Li, Yunchao and Naskar, Amit K. and Chi, Miaofang and Lachgar, Abdou and Paranthaman, M Parans},
abstractNote = {The utilization of waste feedstocks rich in free fatty acids (FFAs) improves biofuel production on the basis of economics and sustainability. However, converting these feedstocks to usable biofuel poses inherent problems in terms of the FFA to biofuel conversion yield and the catalyst lifetime. Here, we report novel ferric sulfate impregnated carbon derived from waste tires as highly active catalysts for FFA to biofuel conversion. Our approach takes advantage of facile synthesis methods involving sonication and dehydration processes to create materials that are useful for the efficient catalytic conversion of FFAs to advanced biofuels. Esterification of FFAs to fatty acid methyl esters was achieved at 65 °C and atmospheric pressure with >98% yield even in the presence of triglycerides. These catalysts maintained similar activity after four successive uses, which indicates that the active catalytic sites are effectively supported by the three-dimensional meso/microporous architecture of the tire-derived carbon.},
doi = {10.1016/j.crcon.2018.07.007},
journal = {Carbon Resources Conversion},
number = 2,
volume = 1,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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