Assessment of toxic content in Balanites aegyptiaca seed cake and use of enzymatic-catalysed biodiesel in diesel engine

The present study deals with the estimation of toxic phorbol esters in Balanites aegyptiaca seed cake and to evaluate the performance and combustion characteristics of different blends of biodiesel in a diesel engine. The seeds were manually collected from arid regions of Rajasthan, India and the oil extracted from the powdered kernel with Solvent extraction process. The extracted oil processed by enzymatic catalytic reactions are carried out at optimum operating conditions such as the molar ratio of 8:1 (methanol:oil), reaction temperature at 40°C for 4?h reaction time and xylanase 1% based on oil weight. The total conversion rate of extracted oil to methyl ester by enzymatic reactions yields up to 98.3%. The toxic content of seed cake was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC, Shimadzu). The performance and combustion parameters such as BP, BTE and CP decreased, whereas BSFC and DP increased with biodiesel blends.     

焙烧态水铝钙石催化剂的制备及催化合成生物柴油

分别采用共沉淀法、清洁法制备焙烧态水铝钙石,通过低温N2吸脱附法、CO2-TPD、XRD、DTA和FT-IR表征结构,并将其作为大豆油与甲醇酯交换合成生物柴油的催化剂,探讨制备方法对焙烧态水铝钙石催化合成生物柴油的影响。此外,考察了Ca/Al摩尔比、焙烧温度、甲醇与大豆油摩尔比(醇油比)、催化剂用量和反应时间对酯交换合成生物柴油的影响。结果表明,清洁法制备的焙烧态水铝钙石具有更高的比表面积,强碱中心的表面碱量更大,催化活性更高。当Ca/Al摩尔比为2∶1,焙烧温度为600℃时,制备的Ca2Al O-2-600催化剂的催化活性最高,在醇油比8∶1、催化剂用量3%、反应温度65℃、反应时间4 h的条件下,大豆油转化率达到98. 0%。催化剂经重复使用3次后仍保持较高催化活性。     

酯交换法合成碳酸甲乙酯催化剂的研究进展

碳酸甲乙酯（EMC）是一种环境友好型的不对称碳酸酯，因其独特的结构性质被广泛用作溶剂或有机合成中间体，特别是随着锂离子电池的迅猛发展，其作为电池电解液主要成分市场需求量急增。文中简单介绍了光气法、氧化羰化法和酯交换法合成碳酸甲乙酯的研究进展。重点针对最具发展前景的酯交换法合成EMC工艺路线中所用催化剂进行了综述；讨论和分析了该路线所用催化剂的类型、结构、性质及性能，并对当前研究中存在的问题进行了归纳和分析总结。最后本文分析并展望了酯交换法合成EMC催化剂的研究方向及新型合成工艺发展趋势，提出研发经济、高效、稳定且制备工艺简单的非均相催化剂，并与反应精馏技术耦合是今后的主要发展趋势，期望为EMC的高效合成提供参考和借鉴。     

响应面法优化羊毛脂甲酯化工艺研究

以羊毛脂为原料,采用甲醇钠、氢氧化钠2种催化剂,考察了反应温度、时间、催化剂用量、醇用量等因素对甲酯化的影响。结果表明:甲醇钠为催化剂时,在反应温度60℃、甲醇与羊毛脂质量比1.6、反应时间60 min、催化剂质量分数4%的条件下,酯转化率达到94.3%。用响应面法优化氢氧化钠为催化剂的羊毛脂甲酯化工艺,得到最佳工艺条件为:反应温度65.3℃、甲醇与羊毛脂质量比1.85、催化剂质量分数6%、反应时间90 min,在此条件下酯转化率可达94.2%。     

Prospects of non-edible neem (Azadirachta indica) oil in Bangladesh: performance and emission evaluation in a direct injection diesel engine

Transition to alternative energy is receiving serious attention globally and in this very way, biodiesel from inedible neem can be an alternative to conventional liquid fuels as it contains 30–45%?wt of oil. In this study, esterification and transesterification reaction of methanol and triglycerides at a molar ratio of 7:1 was done and maximum 96% by volume biodiesel was extracted. Physiochemical properties of neem biodiesel lies within ASTM standards and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis of neem biodiesel reveals the presence of strong esters and the alkane group. The maximum efficiencies were found to be 22.8% and 22.3%, whereas minimum brake specific fuel consumptions were observed to be 0.57 and 0.59?kg/kW-hr for diesel and B20, respectively. Moreover, B20 provides less emission of HC, CO_x and increase in NO_x. Taking all into consideration, if at least 60% of the arid lands is utilised to cultivate neem trees then it will minimise the import of fossil fuel to an extent of 8.75%.     

KOH/γ–Al_2O_3催化合成聚(碳酸三甘醇)酯二醇

以碳酸二乙酯(DEC)和三甘醇(TEG)为原料,KOH/γ–Al2O3为催化剂,通过酯交换缩聚反应合成了成本低、性能优越的聚(碳酸三甘醇)酯二醇(PTEGCDL)。考察了反应条件对该过程的影响,得到了最优合成工艺条件。当催化剂的质量为TEG质量的0.5%时,先常压、150~160℃下反应3 h,然后减压180℃下反应5 h,可得目的产物PTEGCDL。对合成产物的结构进行了表征,并推测了可能的反应机理。     

Analysis of pre-heated crude palm oil,palm oil methyl ester and its blends as fuel in a diesel engine

Diesel engines are widely used in the surface transport system. They are the main source of economic growth of a nation. Nowadays, awareness of the environment compels people to adopt stringent emission norms. The rapid depletion of fossil fuels and the increase in the emission levels have caused concerns globally. An eco-friendly alternate is required to fulfil the growing demand. This paper focuses on alternate fuels and the importance of choosing palm oil. The energy density and higher cetane number are its major advantages. Also it reduces environmental pollution drastically. The viscosity of palm oil is a problem like other vegetable oils, which affects the fuel spray pattern. It reduces the efficiency of the combustion to a large extent. To overcome the problem, the pre-heating technique and transesterification process are adopted in this work. Performance tests were conducted on a single cylinder, four-stroke, direct injection diesel engine coupled with eddy current dynamometer, and emission was monitored using an AVL exhaust gas analyser. The results indicated that vegetable oil fuels have lower brake thermal efficiency compared to that of diesel. Pre-heated oil and methyl ester showed an appreciable reduction in hydrocarbon (HC) and carbon monoxide (CO) emissions and higher exhaust temperature and nitric oxide (NO_x) emission.     

Modeling of a membrane reactor system for crude palm oil transesterification. Part II: Transport phenomena

The mechanistic modeling of biodiesel production process in membrane reactor with the consideration of chemical reaction, phase equilibrium, and ultrafiltration is important for the membrane reactor design. In part II of this work, the chemical and phase equilibrium (CPE) model for crude palm oil transesterification reaction in the membrane reactor developed in part I is extended to an integration of CPE with modified Maxwell–Stefan model, which considers multicomponent mass transport phenomena of concentration polarization and intramembrane. A good fit of simulated permeate fluxes and apparent solute rejection to the experimental data shows that the model has a good prediction capability. Reversible fouling was found to be the major fouling and no pore plugging was observed. Simulation results verified that micelles were retained by the membrane at CPO:MEOH molar ratio of 1:24 and catalyst concentration of 0.5 wt %. However, phase inversion happened when catalyst concentration of 0.05 and 0.1 wt % were used. © 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 61: 1981–1996, 2015