Biodiesel production by hydroesterification of microalgal biomass using heterogeneous catalyst英文文献资料.docVIP

Vol.4, No.10, 778-783 (2012) Natural Science /10.4236/ns.2012.410102 Biodiesel production by hydroesterification of microalgal biomass using heterogeneous catalyst Yordanaka Reyes , Gisel Chenard , Donato Aranda , Cristiane Mesquita , Mariana Fortes , 1 1 1 1 1* 2 Rafael Jo?o 2 , Leonardo Bacellar 1 * 2 Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Corresponding Author: m.m.fortes@ Research and Development Center “Leopoldo Américo Miguez de Mello” (CENPES), Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Received 14 August 2012; revised 15 September 2012; accepted 27 September 2012 ABSTRACT Netherlands, etc.) to optimize the benefits and minimize the disadvantages associated to the production of biofu- els by using microalgae as feedstock. In this paper, the in situ Monoraphidium contortum (MORF-1) microalgae biomass biodiesel production by the hydroesterification method (hydrolysis followed by esterification) is studied. In addition, a chromatographic approach on the structural variations observed in the products formed is presented. This paper assesses the hydroesterification process for the production of Biodiesel from Monoraphidium contortum (MORF-1) microal- gae biomass, as it is a sustainable alternative not only economically, but also environmentally and ecologically to replace petroleum diesel fuel. The Biodiesel studied in this work was obtained from fatty acid esterification, a product of micro- algae and methanol biomass hydrolysis reaction. CBMM’s (HY-340) niobium oxide powder was used as catalyst. The reactions were carried out in a properly closed autoclave reactor (batch), where the reagents were mixed under constant stirring at 500 rpm for hydr