Nanoparticle Technology for Biorefining of Non-Food Source Feedstocks [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 662.8 Other fuels
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2013
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• ID: 265172
• Chủ đề: 1. 09 biomass fuels; 2. 37 inorganic, organic, physical, and analytical chemistry; 3. 77 nanoscience and nanotechnology; 4. Nanocatalysts, biodiesel, fatty acids, mesoporous materials, heterogeneous catalysis, material characterization, solid-state nmr, mass spectrometry

Tóm tắt

The goal of this proposed work is to develop and optimize the synthesis of mesoporous nanoparticle materials that are able to selectively sequester fatty acids from hexane extracts from algae, and to catalyze their transformation, as well as waste oils, into biodiesel. The project involves studies of the interactions between the functionalized MSN surface and the sequestering molecules. We investigate the mechanisms of selective extraction of fatty acids and conversion of triglycerides and fatty acids into biodiesel by the produced nanoparticles. This knowledge is used to further improve the properties of the mesoporous nanoparticle materials for both tasks. Furthermore, we investigate the strategies for scaling the synthesis of the catalytic nanomaterials up from the current pilot plant scale to industrial level, such that the biodiesel obtained with this technology can successfully compete with food crop-based biodiesel and petroleum diesel.