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Repeated Biodiesel Production from Waste Coffee Grounds via a One-step Direct Process with a Cartridge Containing Solid Catalysts Manufactured from Waste Eggshells

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In this study, biodiesel was produced from waste coffee grounds (WCGs) using solid catalysts manufactured from waste eggshells (WESs). A one-step direct process (OSDP), comprising extraction of lipids from WCGs and simultaneous transesterification of these lipids with methanol in a reactor, was employed. To facilitate reuse of the solid catalysts, a cartridge containing the solid catalysts was devised and applied in the OSDP. The optimal reaction conditions of the OSDP with the cartridge were 100 wt% catalyst relative to WCGs, the mixture of 4.0 mL methanol and 4.0 mL n-hexane per gram WCG, 45°C, 9 h, and 200 rpm. Under these optimal conditions, an 8.7% biodiesel yield (g-biodiesel/g-WCGs) was achieved. Solid catalysts retained in the cartridge were successfully reused for seven rounds of repeated batch operation and, using this approach, a biodiesel yield exceeding 92% of that of the first batch operation was maintained.

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This work was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2018R1D1A1B07051113). The authors greatly appreciate this support.

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Im, G., Yeom, S.H. Repeated Biodiesel Production from Waste Coffee Grounds via a One-step Direct Process with a Cartridge Containing Solid Catalysts Manufactured from Waste Eggshells. Biotechnol Bioproc E 25, 623–632 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12257-019-0369-y

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