02423nas a2200229   4500008004100000022001400041245012500055210006900180260007700249300001200326490000600338520156500344653001301909653001401922653001901936653001901955653001301974100002901987700002302016700002202039856013202061       2014                        eng d  a2194-428800aGlycerol etherification using n-butanol to produce oxygenated additives for biodiesel fuel over H-beta zeolite catalysts0 aGlycerol etherification using nbutanol to produce oxygenated add  aBOSCHSTRASSE 12, D-69469 WEINHEIM, GERMANYbWILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBHcMAY  a446-4520 v23 a<p>The catalytic etherification of glycerol has been systematically studied in batch process by using n-butanol to produce oxygenated additives for biodiesel fuels over various solid-acid catalysts, such as H-beta zeolite, ZSM-5, K10, etc.. The present work includes a detailed study of the optimization of the etherification process parameters, such as catalyst loading (7-20 wt% of glycerol), molar ratio of glycerol/n-butanol (1: 6 to 1: 15), speed of agitation (100-400 rpm), reaction temperature (413-453 K), and reaction time (0.5-4 h) in view of maximizing the glycerol conversion and selectivity towards mono-butyl-glycerol ether (ME). The catalyst reusability was studied using the optimized process parameters. Amongst the studied catalysts, the H-beta zeolite was found to be the most promising for the etherification of glycerol with glycerol conversion of 55% and a 98% selectivity towards ME formation. The H-beta zeolite was found to be an active and stable catalyst for up to 4 cycles. The use of n-butanol as alkylating agent is presented for first time, to the authors knowledge. The reaction was performed at milder operating conditions (0.5 MPa) than previously reported (2 MPa). A kinetic model was developed for the etherification reaction and the data obtained at optimized process parameters was used to calculate the kinetic parameters. The reaction rate constants at different reaction temperatures, activation energies, and pre-exponential factors were obtained for the etherification reaction with an accuracy of R-2 &gt; 0.989.</p>10abiofuels10acatalysis10aetherification10afuel additives10azeolites1 aNandiwale, Kakasaheb, Y.1 aPatil, Shivraj, E.1 aBokade, Vijay, V.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/glycerol-etherification-using-n-butanol-produce-oxygenated-additives-biodiesel-fuel-over-h-0