Transesterification of activated sludge in subcritical solvent mixture

Bioresource Technology
Phuong Lan Tran-NguyenYi-Hsu Ju

Abstract

Most previous studies reported in literature on biodiesel production from sludge were performed by acid catalyzed transesterification that required long reaction time (about 24h) and high methanol loading. The objective of this study was to investigate the in situ transesterification of sludge in subcritical mixture of methanol and acetic acid. At 250°C and a solvent (85% methanol and 15% acetic acid) to sludge ratio of 5 (mLg(-1)), a FAME yield of 30.11% can be achieved in 30min, compared to the yield of 35% obtained by the acid-catalyzed (4% H2SO4) transesterification which required 24h at 55°C and a methanol to sludge ratio of 25 (mLg(-1)). The method developed in this study avoided using mineral acid, significantly reduced reaction time and methanol loading to achieve comparable FAME yield.

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Nov 11, 2003·Bioresource Technology·Dadan Kusdiana, Shiro Saka
Dec 22, 2014·Bioresource Technology·Naiane Sangaletti-GerhardRodrigo Navia

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Feb 5, 2019·Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology·Santosh Kumar Karn, Awanish Kumar

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