Beta
255218

Preparation of Poly (AAc/AAm)/NaOH Hydrogel as a Catalyst for Electrolysis Production of Biodiesel from Waste Cooking Oil

Article

Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

Material science

Abstract

Biodiesel has been considered to be the best substitute for diesel due to its unique qualities which contribute to environmental conservation. This work was undertaken to transesterification process and the production of biodiesel from waste cooking oil by electrolysis with a novel catalyst poly (AAc/AAm)/NaOH hydrogel. The catalyst was prepared by trapping sodium hydroxide in polyacrylic acid and acrylamide poly (AAc/AAm) to be used as a strong basic heterogeneous catalyst.The swelling of prepared hydrogel with different doses of cross-linker were examined. The Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) as well as the energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) were employed to characterize the prepared catalyst. The degree of conversion of WCO to biodiesel expressed as fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) was determined via high performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC), as well as the composition of FAMEs by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Technical Details and Standards of biodiesel prepared from WCO were also characterized. Optimization of the electrolysis catalyzed process revealed that the optimum conditions employed for electrolysis process to produce the most promising results 92.8 % for biodiesel yield were oil: methanol molar ratio 1:35, dose of electrolyte salt (NaCl) 0.7g / 40 g oil, water dose used to dissolve the electrolyte salt 1.6 % related to oil volume and electrical potential required was 30 volt and catalyst dose 20% related to oil weight over a reaction duration of 60 minutes under ambient reaction conditions.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.154925.6694

Keywords

Biodiesel, Waste Cooking Oil, Electrolysis, transestrification, Hydrogel

Authors

First Name

Samah S.

Last Name

Nada

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Chemical Engineering & Pilot Plant Department, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Salwa I.

Last Name

Hawash

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Chemical Engineering & Pilot Plant Department, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Magdy A.

Last Name

Zahran

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, ShebinElkoam, Menoufia, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Enas M.

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Chemical Engineering & Pilot Plant Department, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

Email

elarefenas123@yahoo.com

City

cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-6534-8310

Volume

65

Article Issue

13

Related Issue

37459

Issue Date

2022-12-01

Receive Date

2022-08-07

Publish Date

2022-12-01

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

Link

https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_255218.html

Detail API

https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=255218

Order

255,218

Type

Original Article

Type Code

297

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

Publication Link

https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Preparation of Poly (AAc/AAm)/NaOH Hydrogel as a Catalyst for Electrolysis Production of Biodiesel from Waste Cooking Oil

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023