2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Biodiesel fuel production with microcapsule contained CaO catalyst under the irradiation of xenon lamp
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22760593
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Catalyst/Resource chemical process
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| Research Institution | Utsunomiya University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | エネルギー変換プロセス / バイオディーゼル / マイクロカプセル |
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| Research Abstract |
Novel microcapsule encapsulated CaO powder and active carbon powder was developed as a catalyst for the biodiesel fuel production from the methanolysis of rapeseed oil. This new catalyst system could be operated under the irradiation of xenon lamp, and 70% of FAME yield could be obtained even at 35℃ after 6h of reaction time. Moreover, it was found that active carbon powder contained in microcapsule was selectively absorbed the light of Visible and Near-Infrared ranges in xenon lamp and provided the heat for trans-esterification reaction of rapeseed oil. These obtained results indicated that the development of microcapsule with a heterogeneous catalyst operated under the irradiation of sunlight was succeeded in the present study.
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