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SO3H-modified petroleum coke derived porous carbon as an efficient solid acid catalyst for esterification of oleic acid

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A carbon-based solid acid catalyst was simply prepared from petroleum coke by chemical activation and subsequent sulfonation. The structure–function relationships of the solid acid catalyst were investigated by regulating activation temperature. The materials were characterized by nitrogen adsorption, SEM, XRD, FT-IR and element analysis. The catalytic performances of catalysts were evaluated by the esterification of oleic acid with methanol, which is a crucial reaction in the production of biodiesel. The solid acid catalyst activated at 800 °C exhibits the most excellent catalytic activity, which is attributed to its large surface area (851 m2/g) and high acid density (1.04 mmol/g). At the optimized conditions, high conversion (89.5 %) was achieved and no distinct activity drop was observed after five recycles. This work may offer a facile strategy to fabricate solid acid catalysts in large scale for green chemical processes.

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Acknowledgments

This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51172285, 51372277, 51402192); the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.15CX08005A); State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing (SKLHOP201503).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, China

    Mingbo Wu, Yang Wang, Minghui Tan, Peng Li & Wenting Wu

  2. College of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China

    Ding Wang

  3. Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Toyama, Gofuku 3190, Toyama, 930-8555, Japan

    Minghui Tan & Noritatsu Tsubaki

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Wu, M., Wang, Y., Wang, D. et al. SO3H-modified petroleum coke derived porous carbon as an efficient solid acid catalyst for esterification of oleic acid. J Porous Mater 23, 263–271 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-015-0078-7

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