Biodiesel production from soybean oil using calcined Li-Al layered double hydroxide catalysts

J. Link Shumaker; Czarena Crofcheck; S. Adam Tackett; Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez; Mark Crocker

doi:10.1007/s10562-007-9071-3

Biodiesel production from soybean oil using calcined Li-Al layered double hydroxide catalysts

J. Link Shumaker, Czarena Crofcheck, S. Adam Tackett, Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez, Mark Crocker

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Abstract

The transesterification of soybean oil to fatty acid methyl esters was studied using a calcined Li-Al layered double hydroxide catalyst. The catalyst exhibited high activity, with near quantitative oil conversion being obtained under mild conditions (reflux temperature of methanol) and short reaction times (≤ 4 h). The influence of relevant parameters (catalyst calcination temperature, methanol to oil mole ratio, catalyst charge and reaction duration) was examined.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	56-61
Number of pages	6
Journal	Catalysis Letters
Volume	115
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-007-9071-3
State	Published - May 2007

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Funding Information:
The authors thank Gerald Thomas for performing the XRD and ICP-OES measurements and Tonya Morgan for performing the thermogravimetric analysis. The Kentucky Office of Energy Policy is thanked for providing funding for this work.

Keywords

Aluminum
Biodiesel
Layered double hydroxide
Lithium
Transesterification

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