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Esterification of Oleic Acid with Glycerol in the Presence of Supported Zinc Oxide as Catalyst

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Title Esterification of Oleic Acid with Glycerol in the Presence of Supported Zinc Oxide as Catalyst
 
Creator SINGH, D
PATIDAR, P
GANESH, A
MAHAJANI, S
 
Subject FATTY-ACIDS
LAURIC ACID
MONOGLYCERIDE
HYDROGENATION
 
Description The work deals with development of a new catalyst ZnO/zeolite and its performance evaluation for the industrially important reaction of esterification of oleic acid with glycerol. It is a reaction that takes place in liquid liquid mode due to partial miscibility of glycerol and oleic acid. The reaction kinetics and product distribution over the developed catalyst are investigated under different conditions. The effects of different parameters such as catalyst loading, mole ratio, and temperature are studied. Higher temperatures and simultaneous water removal increase the reaction rate significantly. It is interesting to note that the selectivity toward monoglyceride for a given conversion remains unaffected with respect to temperature and mole ratio. A simplified kinetic model, that considers mono- and diesterification as a combination of series and parallel irreversible reactions, is proposed to explain the kinetic data.
 
Publisher AMER CHEMICAL SOC
 
Date 2014-10-15T08:12:29Z
2014-10-15T08:12:29Z
2013
 
Type Article
 
Identifier INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 52(42)14776-14786
0888-5885
1520-5045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie401636v
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/jspui/handle/100/14652
 
Language en