Journal article
Authors list: Weber, Bernd; Stadlbauer, Ernst A.; Eichenauer, Sabrina; Frank, Andreas; Steffens, Diedrich; Schlich, Elmar; Schilling, Gerhard
Publication year: 2014
Pages: 526-537
Journal: Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy
Volume number: 8
Issue number: 5
ISSN: 1556-6560
eISSN: 1556-6579
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1166/jbmb.2014.1464
Publisher: American Scientific Publishers
Abstract:
Lipids are important raw materials for chemical industry, food industry and cosmetics. In the context of replacing fossil resources, lipids are gaining considerable attention as sustainable feedstock for fuels and value-added chemicals. This study focuses on the composition of products obtained from the thermo-chemical conversion of animal fat in a moving bed of sodium carbonate at 430 degrees C in the presence of water. Their chemical nature is determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-1 NMR), carbon nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (C-13 NMR), chromatography and mass spectroscopy. The primary components of the bio-crude are a homologous series of straight chain alkanes and alkenes composed mostly of terminal double bonds. Fractionated distillation of the bio-crude yields a hydrocarbon-based biodiesel. Its characteristics comply with nearly all parameters of European diesel fuel standards. Thus, it can be used in internal combustion engines. The gasoline fraction exhibits a quality comparable to that of straight run fractions from fossil fuel processing. Moreover, with 18 mg/g methyl heptadecyl ketone is the primary polar component of bio-crude.
Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: Weber, B., Stadlbauer, E., Eichenauer, S., Frank, A., Steffens, D., Schlich, E., et al. (2014) Characterization of Alkanes and α-Olefins from the Thermo-Chemical Conversion of Animal Fat, Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy, 8(5), pp. 526-537. https://doi.org/10.1166/jbmb.2014.1464
APA Citation style: Weber, B., Stadlbauer, E., Eichenauer, S., Frank, A., Steffens, D., Schlich, E., & Schilling, G. (2014). Characterization of Alkanes and α-Olefins from the Thermo-Chemical Conversion of Animal Fat. Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy. 8(5), 526-537. https://doi.org/10.1166/jbmb.2014.1464
Keywords
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons; CANOLA OIL; CATALYTIC CRACKING; DIESEL-LIKE FUEL; GASOLINE; H-1-NMR SPECTROSCOPY; Sodium Carbonate; SODIUM-CARBONATE; Thermal Degradation; VEGETABLE-OILS
