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DOI 10.1002/cssc.201403249
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Titel (primär) Electrochemistry for biofuel generation: transformation of fatty acids and triglycerides to diesel-like olefin/ether mixtures and olefins
Autor dos Santos, T.R.; Harnisch, F. ORCID logo ; Nilges, P.; Schröder, U.
Quelle ChemSusChem
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
Department UMB
Band/Volume 8
Heft 5
Seite von 886
Seite bis 893
Sprache englisch
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Keywords biofuels; electrochemistry; fatty acids; green chemistry; triglycerides
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Abstract Electroorganic synthesis can be exploited for the production of biofuels from fatty acids and triglycerides. With Coulomb efficiencies (CE) of up to 50 %, the electrochemical decarboxylation of fatty acids in methanolic and ethanolic solutions leads to the formation of diesel-like olefin/ether mixtures. Triglycerides can be directly converted in aqueous solutions by using sonoelectrochemistry, with olefins as the main products (with a CE of more than 20 %). The latter reaction, however, is terminated at around 50 % substrate conversion by the produced side-product glycerol. An energy analysis shows that the electrochemical olefin synthesis can be an energetically competitive, sustainable, and—in comparison with established processes—economically feasible alternative for the exploitation of fats and oils for biofuel production.
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dos Santos, T.R., Harnisch, F., Nilges, P., Schröder, U. (2015):
Electrochemistry for biofuel generation: transformation of fatty acids and triglycerides to diesel-like olefin/ether mixtures and olefins
ChemSusChem 8 (5), 886 - 893 10.1002/cssc.201403249