Biodiesel production over copper vanadium phosphate

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• 作者：Lei Chen^a ; Ping Yin^a ; ^{yinping426@163.com} ; Xiguang Liu^a ; Lixia Yang^a ; Zhongxi Yu^a ; Xin Guo^b ; Xinquan Xin^b
• 关键词：Biodiesel ; Transesterification ; Copper vanadium phosphate ; Response surface methodology
• 刊名：Energy
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：January 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：36
• 期：1
• 页码：175-180
• 全文大小：943 K

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In the present study, copper vanadium phosphate (CuVOP) with three-dimensional network structure was synthesized by hydrothermal method, and was characterized by Infrared spectrum (IR), elemental analysis (EA), EDXRF (energy dispersive X ray fluorescence) etc. Moreover, soybean oil was used as feedstock for producing biodiesel, and biodiesel was produced by CuVOP-catalyzed transesterification process. Response surface methodology was employed to statistically evaluate and optimize the conditions for the maximum conversion to biodiesel, and the effects of amount of catalyst, ratio of methanol to oil, reaction time and reaction temperature were investigated by the 2⁴ full-factorial central composite design. The maximum conversion is obtained at amount of catalyst of 1.5 % , methanol/oil molar ratio of 6.75, reaction temperature of 65 °C and reaction time of 5 h. Copper vanadium phosphate CuVOP resulted very active in the transesterification reaction for biodiesel production.