Catalytic Synthesis of Glycerol tert-Butyl Ethers as Fuel Additives from the Biodiesel By-Product Glycerol

Glycerol is a major by-product in the biodiesel production process. Every 100 kg of biodiesel produced generates approximately 10 kg of crude glycerol. As the biodiesel industry has expanded rapidly in recent years, finding new uses of the excess crude glycerol is important. Many studies have examin...

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Main Authors:	Rui Huang, Eui Yong Kim
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:	Journal of Chemistry
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/763854

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spelling	doaj-9402f65099944121bf0e40d21c5bf1542020-11-24T22:16:18ZengHindawi LimitedJournal of Chemistry2090-90632090-90712015-01-01201510.1155/2015/763854763854Catalytic Synthesis of Glycerol tert-Butyl Ethers as Fuel Additives from the Biodiesel By-Product GlycerolRui Huang0Eui Yong Kim1Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoulsiripdaero 163, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-743, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoulsiripdaero 163, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-743, Republic of KoreaGlycerol is a major by-product in the biodiesel production process. Every 100 kg of biodiesel produced generates approximately 10 kg of crude glycerol. As the biodiesel industry has expanded rapidly in recent years, finding new uses of the excess crude glycerol is important. Many studies have examined alternative uses of crude glycerol. One of them is the use of glycerol derivatives, such as glycerol tert-butyl ethers as fuel additives. In this paper, the etherification kinetics of glycerol with tert-butyl alcohol to glycerol tert-butyl ethers was studied using an Amberlyst catalyst. The influences of the catalyst type and loading, reaction time, molar ratio, and temperature were investigated in detail.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/763854
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spellingShingle	Rui Huang Eui Yong Kim Catalytic Synthesis of Glycerol tert-Butyl Ethers as Fuel Additives from the Biodiesel By-Product Glycerol Journal of Chemistry
author_facet	Rui Huang Eui Yong Kim
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title	Catalytic Synthesis of Glycerol tert-Butyl Ethers as Fuel Additives from the Biodiesel By-Product Glycerol
title_short	Catalytic Synthesis of Glycerol tert-Butyl Ethers as Fuel Additives from the Biodiesel By-Product Glycerol
title_full	Catalytic Synthesis of Glycerol tert-Butyl Ethers as Fuel Additives from the Biodiesel By-Product Glycerol
title_fullStr	Catalytic Synthesis of Glycerol tert-Butyl Ethers as Fuel Additives from the Biodiesel By-Product Glycerol
title_full_unstemmed	Catalytic Synthesis of Glycerol tert-Butyl Ethers as Fuel Additives from the Biodiesel By-Product Glycerol
title_sort	catalytic synthesis of glycerol tert-butyl ethers as fuel additives from the biodiesel by-product glycerol
publisher	Hindawi Limited
series	Journal of Chemistry
issn	2090-9063 2090-9071
publishDate	2015-01-01
description	Glycerol is a major by-product in the biodiesel production process. Every 100 kg of biodiesel produced generates approximately 10 kg of crude glycerol. As the biodiesel industry has expanded rapidly in recent years, finding new uses of the excess crude glycerol is important. Many studies have examined alternative uses of crude glycerol. One of them is the use of glycerol derivatives, such as glycerol tert-butyl ethers as fuel additives. In this paper, the etherification kinetics of glycerol with tert-butyl alcohol to glycerol tert-butyl ethers was studied using an Amberlyst catalyst. The influences of the catalyst type and loading, reaction time, molar ratio, and temperature were investigated in detail.
url	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/763854
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Catalytic Synthesis of Glycerol tert-Butyl Ethers as Fuel Additives from the Biodiesel By-Product Glycerol

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