Glycerol to solketal for fuel additive: Recent progress in heterogeneous catalysts

Fatimah, I; Sahroni, I; Fadillah, G; Musawwa, MM; Mahlia, TMI; Muraza, O

Glycerol to solketal for fuel additive: Recent progress in heterogeneous catalysts

Fatimah, I Sahroni, I Fadillah, G Musawwa, MM Mahlia, TMI

Muraza, O

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Citation:: Energies, 2019, 12 (15)
Issue Date:: 2019-07-25

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dc.contributor.author	Fatimah, I	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sahroni, I	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Fadillah, G	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Musawwa, MM	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Mahlia, TMI https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6985-929X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Muraza, O	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2020-03-30T02:51:48Z
dc.date.available	2020-03-30T02:51:48Z
dc.date.issued	2019-07-25	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Energies, 2019, 12 (15)	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/139606
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 by the authors. Biodiesel has been successfully commercialized in numerous countries. Glycerol, as a byproduct in biodiesel production plant, has been explored recently for fuel additive production. One of the most prospective fuel additives is solketal, which is produced from glycerol and acetone via an acetalization reaction. This manuscript reviewed recent progress on heterogeneous catalysts used in the exploratory stage of glycerol conversion to solketal. The effects of acidity strength, hydrophobicity, confinement effect, and others are discussed to find the most critical parameters to design better catalysts for solketal production. Among the heterogeneous catalysts, resins, hierarchical zeolites, mesoporous silica materials, and clays have been explored as effective catalysts for acetalization of glycerol. Challenges with each popular catalytic material are elaborated. Future works on glycerol to solketal will be improved by considering the stability of the catalysts in the presence of water as a byproduct. The presence of water and salt in the feed is certainly destructive to the activity and the stability of the catalysts.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Energies	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3390/en12152872	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	Glycerol to solketal for fuel additive: Recent progress in heterogeneous catalysts	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	15	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	12	en_US
utslib.for	02 Physical Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	09 Engineering	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Information, Systems and Modelling
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CAMGIS - Centre for Advanced Modelling and Geospatial lnformation Systems
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pubs.issue	15	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	12	en_US

Abstract:

© 2019 by the authors. Biodiesel has been successfully commercialized in numerous countries. Glycerol, as a byproduct in biodiesel production plant, has been explored recently for fuel additive production. One of the most prospective fuel additives is solketal, which is produced from glycerol and acetone via an acetalization reaction. This manuscript reviewed recent progress on heterogeneous catalysts used in the exploratory stage of glycerol conversion to solketal. The effects of acidity strength, hydrophobicity, confinement effect, and others are discussed to find the most critical parameters to design better catalysts for solketal production. Among the heterogeneous catalysts, resins, hierarchical zeolites, mesoporous silica materials, and clays have been explored as effective catalysts for acetalization of glycerol. Challenges with each popular catalytic material are elaborated. Future works on glycerol to solketal will be improved by considering the stability of the catalysts in the presence of water as a byproduct. The presence of water and salt in the feed is certainly destructive to the activity and the stability of the catalysts.

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