scholarly journals An Expedient Catalytic Process to Obtain Solketal from Biobased Glycerol

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Roncaglia ◽  
Luca Forti ◽  
Sara D’Anna ◽  
Laura Maletti
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Catalytic Process ◽  
Waste Streams ◽  
Development Working ◽  
Mild Conditions

Developing simple and effective chemistry able to convert industrial waste streams into valuable chemicals is a primary contributor to sustainable development. Working in the context of biodiesel production, we found that plain bisulfate on silica (SSANa, 3.0 mmol/g) proved to be an optimal catalyst to convert glycerol into solketal. With the assistance of a proper anhydrification technique, isolated yields of 96% were achieved working in mild conditions, on 100 g scale.

Assessment of wood industrial pollutants based on emission coefficients in China

Holzforschung ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (11) ◽  
pp. 1071-1078
Author(s):  
Jie Chu ◽  
Anuj Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Water Discharge ◽  
Medium Density Fiberboard ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Waste Gas ◽  
Industrial Gases

AbstractThe implementation of circular economy in wood industries is an effective way for future sustainable development. The wood industries in China are not in the direction of circular economy approach due to less availability of assessment/calculation data of pollutants as per life cycle assessment (LCA) criteria. The present study focuses on the calculation of emission and pollutants from wood industries as per LCA; the emission and pollution data were collected from fiberboard Medium-density fiberboard (MDF), plywood and particleboard (PB) production. The comparative analysis of dust emissions, industrial waste gases and chemical oxygen demand (COD) were performed among three wood industries. The results revealed that the fiberboard industry was the highest emitter of dust, industrial waste gas and COD; and particleboard industry was the least emitter. Further, results indicated that pollutant index of wood industries were significantly changed between 2015 and 2017; the industrial waste water discharge increased five folds and the COD, dust and industrial gases increased two times. This study provides with the emission and pollutants data of wood industries as per LCA to promote the sustainable development for circular and low carbon economics.

scholarly journals Synthesis of bifunctional nanocatalyst from waste palm kernel shell and its application for biodiesel production

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (45) ◽  
pp. 27183-27193
Author(s):  
Rose Fadzilah Abdullah ◽  
Umer Rashid ◽  
Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap ◽  
Mohd Lokman Ibrahim ◽  
Chawalit Ngamcharussrivichai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palm Kernel ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Palm Kernel Shell ◽  
Mild Conditions ◽  
One Step

The potential of bifunctional nanocatalysts obtained from waste palm kernel shell (PKS) was investigated for one-step transesterification–esterification under mild conditions.

scholarly journals Silica Nanoflowers-Stabilized Pickering Emulsion as a Robust Biocatalysis Platform for Enzymatic Production of Biodiesel

Catalysts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lihui Wang ◽  
Xinlong Liu ◽  
Yanjun Jiang ◽  
Peng Liu ◽  
Liya Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Pickering Emulsion ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Candida Antarctica Lipase ◽  
Waste Oil ◽  
Enzymatic Production ◽  
Mild Conditions ◽  
Experimental Yield ◽  
Optimized Conditions ◽  
Better Than

Enzymatic production of biodiesel had attracted much attention due to its high efficiency, mild conditions and environmental protection. However, the high cost of enzyme, poor solubility of methanol in oil and adsorption of glycerol onto the enzyme limited the popularization of the process. To address these problems, we developed a silica nanoflowers-stabilized Pickering emulsion as a biocatalysis platform with Candida antarctica lipase B (CALB) as model lipase for biodiesel production. Silica nanoflowers (SNFs) were synthesized in microemulsion and served as a carrier for CALB immobilization and then used as an emulsifier for constructing Pickering emulsion. The structure of SNFs and the biocatalytic Pickering emulsion (CALB@SNFs-PE) were characterized in detail. Experimental data about the methanolysis of waste oil to biodiesel was evaluated by response surface methodology. The highest experimental yield of 98.5 ± 0.5% was obtained under the optimized conditions: methanol/oil ratio of 2.63:1, a temperature of 45.97 °C, CALB@SNFs dosage of 33.24 mg and time of 8.11 h, which was closed to the predicted value (100.00%). Reusability test showed that CALB@SNFs-PE could retain 76.68% of its initial biodiesel yield after 15 cycles, which was better than that of free CALB and N435.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Lipases from Wild Microbial Strains as Biocatalysts in Biodiesel Production

Separations ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Luna ◽  
Diego Luna ◽  
Felipa Bautista ◽  
Juan Calero ◽  
Antonio Romero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Purification Process ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Production Methods ◽  
Mild Conditions ◽  
New Type ◽  
Microbial Strains ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Microbial Strain ◽  
Biodiesel Industry

In this study, the evaluation of the catalytic behavior of several wild bacterial strains in the 1,3-selective ethanolysis of triglycerides with ethanol to produce a new type of biodiesel (Ecodiesel) that integrates glycerol as monoacylglycerols was carried out. The Ecodiesel production not only avoids the elimination of glycerol, which is largely generated as a by-product in the biodiesel industry, but also results in an increase in the biofuel yield. The wild microbial strain samples were obtained from several lipophilic organisms. In addition to evaluate the enzymatic extracts, the minimum grade of purification of the strains, necessary to obtain similar results to those attained with commercial lipases was studied. This purification treatment included a dialysis followed by a lyophilization process. Such extracts were directly used as biocatalysts in the transesterification reaction of sunflower oil with ethanol, attaining much better results (yield close to 100%) than those obtained with strains which were not submitted to the purification process (yields lower than 10%). Furthermore, the results here obtained are similar to those obtained with commercial lipases but were achieved under mild conditions and lower reaction time (2 h). In addition, the stability of the enzymatic extracts was corroborated by subsequent reactions, showing no loss of activity. Thus, this study brings to light that enzymatic extracts obtained by a very simple purification process can be economically competitive with the conventional biodiesel production methods.

scholarly journals Creating Sustainable Value (CSV) and innovation process under Stakeholder Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1044
Author(s):  
Iara Tonissi Moroni Cutovoi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Stakeholder Theory ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Competitive Environment ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Development Working ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
Systemic Practice ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Sustainable Value

This article aims to look at how organizations seek to improve their competitiveness through the development of a model that integrates the management and systemic practice form with which relate the economic, social and environmental areas, processes and engagement of stakeholders or interested parties, in the context of sustainability and value of innovation. Methodologically, the study may be considered exploratory and descriptive in relation to the purposes and regards the bibliographic resources. Further, organizations seek to interact in a competitive environment, and through the model of Sustainable value of Hart and Milstein, the innovation and the parties concerned, respectively, with the central point generating sustainable values. Finally. the engagement of stakeholders become increasingly important strategic for enterprises and show how the global challenges associated with sustainable development, working collaboratively, as well as can help to identify strategies through sustainable practices. The article concludes that several successful models of the sustainable generation of value, are possible because of the economic, environmental and social dimensions.

scholarly journals Composition of Plastic Fractions in Waste Streams: Toward More Efficient Recycling and Utilization

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ville Lahtela ◽  
Marko Hyvärinen ◽  
Timo Kärki
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Infrared Spectrum ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Plastic Material ◽  
Construction And Demolition Waste ◽  
Waste Stream ◽  
Polymer Composition ◽  
Waste Streams ◽  
Demolition Waste ◽  
Global Goal

Reuse of materials is a significant global goal that contributes to sustainable development. Polymer-specific plastic identification from the waste stream is examined in this study to achieve environmentally optimistic reuse of plastic material in secondary applications. Two diverse waste streams, 86.11 kg of construction and demolition waste (CDW) plastic and 57.74 kg of mechanically sorted plastic, were analyzed by using a handheld tool whose identification technology was based on the near-infrared spectrum. The study indicates a significant effect of human and single fraction on manual separation. The polymer composition in the plastic waste stream varied depending on the source, but the most common plastic grades, polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE), were represented in every waste stream. The waste stream also included unidentified and unfavorable wastes, which indicates that identification of the plastic fractions is needed and more studies should be done in this field in the future.

Closing the Nutrient Cycle in Two-Stage Anaerobic Digestion of Industrial Waste Streams

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 4052-4057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydia Rachbauer ◽  
Wolfgang Gabauer ◽  
Stefanie Scheidl ◽  
Markus Ortner ◽  
Werner Fuchs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Nutrient Cycle ◽  
Waste Streams ◽  
Two Stage
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