Abstract
The hydrophobic and spherical PDVB-x-MeCN (x: molar ratio of p-styrene sulfonate/divinylbenzene; x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, and 1.0) catalyst was synthesized via polymerization and the ion-exchange process. Moreover, the hydrophobic property of PDVB-x-MeCN with high contact angles (> 124.0∘) was directly observed with a contact angle analyzer. The most appropriate x value of PDVB-x-MeCN for free fatty acid (FFA) removal and biodiesel production was 0.5, which was identified with gas chromatography (GC). During a 6-h transesterification-esterification, FFA removal and biodiesel yield of PDVB-0.5-MeCN reached 83.2% and 83.3%, respectively, at a ratio 45/1 (v/v) of methanol/palmitic acid mixture, approaching that of the Amberlyst 15 ones (83.4%). On the basis of these results, waste oils containing FFA can be transesterified efficiently from triglycerides and FFA into biodiesel.
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