Contribution to the sustainable development of AP Vojvodina through the utilization of waste biomass towards biofuel production
Title of the project:
Contribution to the sustainable development of AP Vojvodina through the utilization of waste biomass towards biofuel production
Project number:
142-451-2776/2018-01/01
Funding sources:
Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia
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Duration of the project:
2018 – 2019.
Project budget:
900.000,00 RSD
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Research area of the project:
Catalysis
Principal investigator:
Dr. Sanja Panić, research fellow, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad
Reseach team:
Dr. Sanja Panić, research fellow, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad
Dr. Goran Bošković, full professor, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad
Dr. Nataša Đurišić-Mladenović, assistant professor, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad
Dr. Marija Milanović, assistant professor, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad
Dr. Ivan Stijepović, research fellow, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad
Dr. Milan Tomić, full professor, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad
Dr. Radoslav Mićić, assistant professor, Technical Faculty Mihajlo Pupin, Zrenjanin, University of Novi Sad
Key words:
waste biomass, heterogeneous catalysts, biodiesel
Project summary:
In order to obtain heterogeneous catalysts based on biochar for the synthesis of biodiesel, different types of waste biomass (agricultural and wood biomass) were treated. All biochar samples were synthesized by slow pyrolysis at 700 °C and 800 °C, and their physico-chemical characteristics were tested by standard methods. For the preparation of heterogeneous base catalysts for the production of biodiesel, biochar samples originating from beech were selected as supports. The catalysts were synthesized by the method of wet impregnation and mechanical milling in a planetary ball mill using different active phase precursors. After physico-chemical characterization, the catalysts were tested in the transesterification reaction, and their characteristics were correlated with the achieved yield of fatty acid methyl esters, FAME (%) - the purity of the synthesized biodiesel. Catalysts with K2CO3 as active phase showed high efficiency in the mentioned process (86-99% FAME content), while the performances of CaO-based catalysts were different depending on the composition and position of the active phase, as well as the presence of dopant (20-77% FAME content) . The results achieved within this project showed that biochar obtained from waste biomass is an excellent precursor for the production of cheap and environmentally friendly base catalysts. Also, these results can be a good starting point for the design of an acidic heterogeneous non-metallic biochar catalyst for simultaneous esterification and transesterification of waste edible oils.
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