A facile approach for the synthesis of solketal, a fuel additive, from biowaste glycerol using transition metal-based solid acid catalysts.

ABSTRACT: The rise in global biodiesel production leads to the surplus of glycerol as a byproduct, necessitating its industrial application in various chemicals to sustain the biodiesel industry economically. Solketal is one of the value-added chemicals in the biodiesel industry with numerous applications in the food, polymer, and chemical industries and as a fuel additive. Nowadays, researchers mainly focus on synthesizing solketal using biowaste glycerol obtained from the biodiesel industry due to its immense applications. In this work, the experimental data demonstrated that the incorporation of ZnAl₂O₄ plays a key role in establishing the surface sulfate groups and structural composites of the solid acid catalysts. Highly efficient heterogeneous acid SO₄ ^2-<

SUBMITTER: Maurya S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11647200 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature