Eco-friendly synthesis of valuable fuel bio-additives from glycerol

Christianah Aarinola Akinnawo; Lebohang Mosia; Oyekunle Azeez Alimi; Charles O. Oseghale; Dele Peter Fapojuwo; Ndzondelelo Bingwa; Reinout Meijboom

doi:10.1016/j.catcom.2021.106287

Eco-friendly synthesis of valuable fuel bio-additives from glycerol

Christianah Aarinola Akinnawo, Lebohang Mosia, Oyekunle Azeez Alimi, Charles O. Oseghale, Dele Peter Fapojuwo, Ndzondelelo Bingwa, Reinout Meijboom

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Abstract

The drastic surplus of glycerol resulting from biodiesel production requires an effective catalytic valorization to ensure biodiesel industry's sustainability. Herein, a series of highly crystalline ZrO₂ with mesopore structure were prepared via the inverse micelle technique. Under mild conditions, meso-ZrO₂ showed good stability and selectivity to 1,3-dioxane larger than 50% in the solvent-free glycerol acetalization with aldehydes. The performance was attributed to the high surface area and Lewis acidity. We believe that the green application of meso-ZrO₂ catalysts for the sustainable acetalization of glycerol herein reported might be easily extended to other bio-based industrial processes.

Original language	English
Article number	106287
Journal	Catalysis Communications
Volume	152
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2021.106287
Publication status	Published - Apr 2021

Keywords

Acetalization
Biodiesel
Biomass
Glycerol
Mesoporous ZrO

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Catalysis
General Chemistry
Process Chemistry and Technology

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