01826nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001400041245011600055210006900171260007300240300001200313490000700325520093200332653001701264653001901281653001201300653001901312653002101331653003301352100002901385700002201414700002201436856012601458       2014                        eng d  a2095-495600aProduction of octyl levulinate biolubricant over modified H-ZSM-5: Optimization by response surface methodology0 aProduction of octyl levulinate biolubricant over modified HZSM5   aPO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDSbELSEVIER SCIENCE BVcJUL  a535-5410 v233 a<p>The present study highlighted the use of modified H-ZSM-5 (Meso-HZ-5) as heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of octyl levulinate biolubricant by catalytic esterification of biomass derived renewable levulinic acid (LA) with n-octanol. The process variables such as catalyst loading (X-1), n-octanol to LA molar ratio (X-2) and reaction temperature (X-3) were optimized through response surface methodology (RSM), using Box-Behnken model. Analysis of variance was performed to determine the adequacy and significance of the quadratic model. The yield of octyl levulinate was obtained to be 99% at optimum process parameters. The developed quadratic model was found to be adequate and statistically accurate with correlation value (R-2) of 0.9971 to predict the yield of octyl levulinate biolubricant. The study was also extended on the validation of theoretical and experimental data, including catalyst reusability.</p>10abiolubricant10aEsterification10aH-ZSM-510alevulinic acid10aoctyl levulinate10aResponse surface methodology1 aNandiwale, Kakasaheb, Y.1 aYadava, Sunil, K.1 aBokade, Vijay, V.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/production-octyl-levulinate-biolubricant-over-modified-h-zsm-5-optimization-response-0