Biodiesel Production from Palm Fatty Acids Distillate Using Tungstophosphoric Acid- and Cs-salt Immobilized-Silica

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  • Wimonrat TRAKARNPRUK Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330

Keywords:

Biodiesel, palm fatty acids distillate, tungstophosphoric acid, polyoxometalate, silica

Abstract

H3PW12O40/SiO2 and Cs1.5H1.5PW12O40/SiO2 composites with controllable acid loadings (5 - 15 wt% loading) were prepared by direct co-condensation sol-gel methods in the presence of triblock poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) copolymer. Biodiesel production from palm fatty acids distillate (PFAD) having 93 % free fatty acids (FFA), a residual product from the refining of crude palm oil was investigated using these heterogeneous catalysts. The results demonstrated that under the same reaction conditions the catalytic activity of H3PW12O40/SiO2 was higher than Cs1.5H1.5PW12O40/SiO2 due to higher acidity. A study on effects of reaction temperature, time and catalyst amount has been performed. The FAME content was 96.7 % at a temperature of 85°C, 15 h reaction time, a molar ratio of methanol to PFAD at 12:1 and catalyst 15 wt% based on PFAD.


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2012-02-13

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TRAKARNPRUK, W. (2012). Biodiesel Production from Palm Fatty Acids Distillate Using Tungstophosphoric Acid- and Cs-salt Immobilized-Silica. Walailak Journal of Science and Technology (WJST), 9(1), 37–47. Retrieved from https://wjst.wu.ac.th/index.php/wjst/article/view/219