ZrO2-supported alkali metal (Li, Na, K) catalysts for biodiesel production
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2016
Autores
Aguila, Gonzalo
Salinas, Daniela
Jiménez, Romel
Guerrero, Sichem
Araya, Paulo
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en
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Sociedad Chilena de Quimica
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Licencia CC
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Resumen
We studied the effect of the alkali metal type (Li, Na, and K) and the calcination temperature (500, 600 and 700 °C) in the activity for biodiesel production
of catalysts prepared by impregnation method, with constant metal content of 10%w/w using ZrO2
as support. The results of the catalytic activity allowed to find
an activity sequence regarding the alkali tested metals: Na > Li > K, with this sequence remaining constant independent of the calcination temperature. The high
activity of the Na/ZrO2
system, and slightly lower activity of Li/ZrO2
, can be explained by the fact that higher calcination temperatures promote the formation of
alkali-based zirconate species, M2
ZrO3
(M = Na or Li). The presence of these species is correlated with the higher activity of these catalysts, specifically with the
Na and Li-based catalyst calcined at high temperatures (600-700 °C). These M2
ZrO3
species show higher basicity respect to other alkali metal oxide species, as
was demonstrated with CO2
-TPD results. The higher activity corresponded to 10% Na supported on ZrO2
and calcined at 700 °C, which reached full conversion
within just 30 minutes of reaction, which makes this system a promising heterogeneous replacement for the regular homogeneous systems.
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Palabras clave
Alkali Metal, Zirconia, Heterogeneous Catalysts, Transesterification, Biodiesel
Citación
Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society. Volume 61, Issue 4, Pages 3233 - 3238. 2016
DOI
10.4067/S0717-97072016000400017