Etherification of glycerol with C-4 and C-5 reactive olefins


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Ikizer B., OKTAR N., DOĞU T.

FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, cilt.138, ss.570-577, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 138
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2015.06.039
  • Dergi Adı: FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.570-577
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Glycerol, Etherification, i-Amylene, i-Butene, Amberlyst-36, Dowex DR-2030, SOLID ACID CATALYSTS, TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOL, ETHANOL, ISOBUTYLENE, EQUILIBRIUM, ISOAMYLENES, ISOBUTENE, ADDITIVES, ETHERS, FLOW
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Etherification of glycerol with C-4 (i-butene) and C-5 (i-amylenes: 2-Methyl-2-Butene (2M2B) and 2-Methyl-1-Butene (2M1B) mixture) i-olefins was investigated for the production of transportation fuel oxygenates. Results proved formation of mono-, di- and tri-ethers of glycerol, as a result of its etherification with i-amylene at 120-140 degrees C over Amberlyst-36. Glycerol fractional conversion values and di-ether selectivity values approaching to 1.0 and 0.7 respectively were highly promising. Glycerol etherification results obtained by using i-butene as the reactant, proved the importance of Bronsted acidity of the catalyst, as well as the pore diffusion resistance, on the catalytic performance. Silicotungstic acid (STA), with very high acidity, showed very good performance at T <= 80 degrees C. However, at higher temperatures it also facilitated the oligomerization of i-butene, which caused a negative effect on glycerol etherification. Both Amberlyst-36 and Dowex DR-2030 showed excellent performance in catalyzing glycerol with i-butene, at 90 degrees C. Results proved that etherification of the biodiesel by-product glycerol could be successfully achieved by using i-amylenes, as well as i-butene, to improve the economics of biodiesel production. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.