Abstract
In this study, three solid acid catalysts, namely mesoporous aluminophosphate-supported 12-tungstophosphoric heteropoly acid (HPW/MAP), mesoporous aluminosilicate-supported 12-tungstophosphoric heteropoly acid (HPW/MAS), and gamma alumina-supported 12-tungstophosphoric heteropoly acid (HPW/γ-Al2O3) were prepared and characterized. Mesoporous aluminophosphate (MAP) and mesoporous aluminosilicate (MAS) were synthesized via sol-gel and hydrothermal methods, respectively, and 25 wt.% of 12-tungstophosphoric heteropoly acid (HPW) was immobilized on the support materials using the wet impregnation method. The features of the fabricated catalysts were comprehensively investigated using various techniques such as BET, XRD, NH3-TPD, TGA, and TEM. The surface area of the supported catalysts decreased after HPW impregnation according to BET results, which indicates that HPW loaded on the supports and inside of their pores successfully. The density and strengths of the acid sites of the support materials and the catalysts before reaction and after regeneration were determined by the NH3-TPD technique. Accordingly, an increase in acidity was observed after HPW immobilization on all the support materials. The catalytic performance of the catalysts was studied through alcoholysis reaction using unrefined green seed canola oil as the feedstock. The maximum biodiesel yield of 82.3% was obtained using 3 wt.% of HPW/MAS, with a methanol to oil molar ratio of 20:1, at 200 °C and 4 MPa over 7 h. The reusability study of HPW/MAS showed that it can maintain 80% of its initial activity after five runs.
Subject
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Catalysis,General Environmental Science
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