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In the present study, an efficient catalyst based on the immobilization of the heteropoly acid (HPA) on activated biomass-derived carbon was prepared and applied in the conversion of the insect lipid for biodiesel production. The chemical and structural properties of the synthesized catalyst were assessed using different methods (SEM, TEM, XRD, XPS, FTIR, and N2 adsorption–desorption isotherms analysis). Moreover, the sensitivity to the free fatty acid and water in conversion systems was further concerned to explore the catalyst stability under the used reaction conditions. The results showed that the biodiesel yield of 93.87% was obtained under mild operation conditions (carbonization temperature of 500 °C, activation concentration of 3 mol/L, HPA loading of 0.75 wt%, reaction time of 3 h, and reaction temperature of 65 °C). Notably, the findings of this study also suggested that the one-pot surface functionalization strategy with ZnCl2 solution enhanced the pore structure of the biochar support providing more channels for the reactants. The Environmental factor was used to determine the potential of the prepared catalyst in this study. Furthermore, three kinetics models and thermodynamic studies were applied to describe the complicated conversion reaction system. Finally, the physicochemical properties of the synthesized biodiesel were analyzed.
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This work was financially supported by the Open Project of Beijing Key Laboratory for Enze Biomass and Fine Chemicals, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Soft-Matter Material Chemistry and Function Manufacturing (No. 20210005), Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology (No. NRGC202209), and The Open Project of Engineering Research Center of Phosphorus Resources Development and Utilization of Ministry of Education (No. LKF2021008).
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Feng, W., Yan, S., Duan, X. et al. An Efficient Approach of Biodiesel Production from New Sustainable Insect Lipid Using Biomass-Based Carbon Catalyst: Kinetics and Thermodynamic Study. Catal Lett 153, 3297–3310 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-022-04232-8
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