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Evaluation of thermal treatment on magnetic catalyst Ni 0.5 Zn 0.5 Fe 2 O 4 and its catalytic activity in biodiesel production by simultaneous transesterification and esterification of frying oil

Abstract

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of the thermal treatment on the synthesis of Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 catalyst and its catalytic performance in simultaneous transesterification and esterification (STE) reactions of the frying oil. The catalysts were synthesized by combustion reaction without and with sequential heat treatment at 800 °C with heating rates of 30, 20 and 2 °C/min. The characterization of the catalysts indicated the presence of the crystalline phase of the inverse spinel and the secondary phases of ZnO and Fe2O3. However, the calcination with rates of 2 and 20 ºC/min promoted the obtention of single-phase spinel. The polyphasic catalyst was more effective than the monophasic one in the production of biodiesel, showing conversions of 84.1% and 76.8% in methyl and ethyl esters, respectively, an evidence of the influence of the secondary phases on the catalytic effectiveness. Thus, the polyphasic low-crystallinity system obtained in the combustion is promising in the STE catalytic process of the frying oil.

Keywords:
frying oil; combustion reaction; large scale; ferrite; heterogeneous catalysis

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