Produção de biodiesel a partir da transesterificação do óleo de soja utilizando o catalisador MOO3/CEO2/MCM-41.

Abstract

Biodiesel, which is produced from vegetable oils or animal fats by transesterification reaction with alcohol, is an excellent substitute for diesel oil being a biodegradable fuel derived from renewable. The molecular sieve MCM-41 has the potential to process fatty acids aiming biodiesel production, by controlling the chemical composition and subsequent chemical treatments to their synthesis. The inclusion of metallic oxides can provide an increase in catalytic performance of the molecular sieve, allowing th e preparation of catalysts with higher activity, selectivity and thermal stability. This study aims to obtain biodiesel from the transesterification reaction of soybean oil using the catalyst MoO3/25CeO2/MCM-41. To this affinity, the molecular sieve was prepared starting with a gel with the following molar composition of the reaction mixture: 1SiO2 : 0,30 CTABr : 11 NH3 : 144 H2O. The incorporation of cerium and molybdenum (by weight) in the MCM-41 was supported by dry. Through the XRD patterns it was possible to identify the peaks characteristic of MCM-41 molecular sieve, as well as phases of cerium and molybdenum oxides in the molecular sieve structure, confirming the impregnation process. By means of the nitrogen adsorption isotherm molecular sieve had a surface area SBET de 1072 m2/g and isotherm type IV characteristic of mesoporous materials. The catalyst containing 15% by weight molybdenum and 25% by weight cerium reached the highest methyl ester conversion around 93% as well as density of 0.8832 g/cm3, kinematic viscosity 4,044 mm2/s and acidity of 0,49 mg KOH/g