Glycerol Esters from Real Waste Cooking Oil Using a Robust Solid Acid Catalyst

Venkatesh Subbiah; Peter Van Zwol; Alexandre C. Dimian; Vitaly Gitis; Gadi Rothenberg

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-014-0337-x

Glycerol Esters from Real Waste Cooking Oil Using a Robust Solid Acid Catalyst

Venkatesh Subbiah, Peter Van Zwol, Alexandre C. Dimian, Vitaly Gitis, Gadi Rothenberg

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Notwithstanding the food-for-fuel debate, turning waste cooking oil and fat (WCO) into a valuable product is a classic example of green chemistry. We demonstrate that sulfated zirconia and lanthanum-supported sulfated zirconia are good catalysts for the esterification of WCO free fatty acids (FFAs) with glycerol, giving high-value monoglycerides. Various catalysts were first screened using palmitic acid as a model FFA. Subsequently, six 10-kg batches of actual WCO were collected from commercial cookeries over a period of 28 weeks, pre-treated in a purpose-built decanter and esterified with industrial grade glycerol using heterogeneous catalysis. Good yield and turnovers were obtained. The pre-treatment stage and the catalytic esterification experiments are described and discussed.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	1545-1549
Number of pages	5
Journal	Topics in Catalysis
Volume	57
Issue number	17-20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-014-0337-x
State	Published - 1 Nov 2014

Keywords

Biodiesel
FFA
Heterogeneous catalysis
Sulfated zirconia
Waste recycling

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General Chemistry
Catalysis

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