Lanthanum phosphate foam as novel heterogeneous nanocatalyst for biodiesel production from waste cooking oil

Shahabaldin Rezania, Zahra Sotoudehnia Korrani, Mohammad Ali Gabris, Jinwoo Cho, Krishna Kumar Yadav, Marina M.S. Cabral-Pinto, Javed Alam, Maqusood Ahamed and Hamid Rashidi Nodeh

Renewable Energy, 2021, vol. 176, issue C, 228-236

Abstract: In this study, the potential of LaPO4 foam as a heterogeneous catalyst to produce biodiesel from highly acidic waste cooking oil (WCO) was investigated. The LaPO4 supported nickel foam was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray mapping analysis (EDX), X-ray diffraction, and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR). In addition, the effect of different parameters such as the molar ratio of feedstock to methanol, contact time and the reaction temperature. Under the study conditions, with methanol to oil molar ratio of 5:1, and a reaction temperature of 90 °C, 91% FAME yield was obtained within 120 min with 2.5 wt % of LaPO4. The obtained results demonstrated that LaPO4 foam can be used effectively as a heterogeneous catalyst with superior catalytic efficiency (>90%) with easy separation and excellent stability.

Keywords: Heterogeneous catalyst; Waste cooking oil; Lanthanum phosphate foam; Biodiesel production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.05.060

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