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-002403nas a2200229   4500008004100000022001400041245017800055210006900233260009500302300001200397490000700409520142700416653003301843653001901876653002201895653002301917653001701940653003301957100002901990700002202019856013202041       2016                        eng d  a0957-582000aOptimization by box-behnken experimental design fur synthesis of n-hexyl levulinate biolubricant over hierarchical H-ZSM-5: an effort towards agricultural waste minimization0 aOptimization by boxbehnken experimental design fur synthesis of   a165-189 RAILWAY TERRACE, DAVIS BLDG, RUGBY CV21 3HQ, ENGLANDbINST CHEMICAL ENGINEERScJAN  a159-1660 v993 a<p>The present study is devoted to develop efficient catalytic process for conversion of agricultural waste feedstock to value added chemicals. In this context, the n-hexyl levulinate, a renewable biolubricant was synthesized by esterification of biomass derived levulinic acid (LA) with n-hexanol in a closed batch system. Hierarchical-HZ-5 (modified H-ZSM-5) was used as a heterogeneous acid catalyst. There are no reports available on the synthesis of n-hexyl levulinate biolubricant using renewable levulinic acid. The process variables such as catalyst to LA ratio (X-1), n-hexanol to LA molar ratio (X-2), reaction time (X-3) and reaction temperature (X-4) were optimized by response surface methodology (RSM), using the Box-Behnken model. Analysis of variance was done to check the suitability and significance of the quadratic model. The yield of n-hexyl levulinate obtained was 97% with 100% selectivity at optimum process parameters. The RSM analysis predicted that catalyst to LA ratio is most significant (value of p &lt; 0.0001) and n-hexanol to LA molar ratio is least significant (value of p = 0.0064) process parameter in esterification. The quadratic model established was revealed to be suitable and statistically precise with correlation value (R-2) of 0.9837 to predict the yield of n-hexyl levulinate. (C) 2015 The Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>10aAgricultural waste feedstock10aEsterification10aHierarchical-HZ-510an-Hexyl levulinate10aOptimization10aResponse surface methodology1 aNandiwale, Kakasaheb, Y.1 aBokade, Vijay, V.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/optimization-box-behnken-experimental-design-fur-synthesis-n-hexyl-levulinate-biolubricant-0