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Upgrading/Deacidification of Organic Liquid Phase by Liquid-Liquid Extraction Using Methanol/Water as Solvent

Version 1 : Received: 7 April 2024 / Approved: 8 April 2024 / Online: 8 April 2024 (11:17:45 CEST)

How to cite: Machado, N.T.; Mota, S.A.P.D.; Leão, R.A.C.; Souza, R.O.M.A.; Duvoisin, Jr., S.; Borges, L.E.P.; Mota, A.A.D.A.M.D. Upgrading/Deacidification of Organic Liquid Phase by Liquid-Liquid Extraction Using Methanol/Water as Solvent. Preprints 2024, 2024040531. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0531.v1 Machado, N.T.; Mota, S.A.P.D.; Leão, R.A.C.; Souza, R.O.M.A.; Duvoisin, Jr., S.; Borges, L.E.P.; Mota, A.A.D.A.M.D. Upgrading/Deacidification of Organic Liquid Phase by Liquid-Liquid Extraction Using Methanol/Water as Solvent. Preprints 2024, 2024040531. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0531.v1

Abstract

The objective of this work was to investigate the deacidification of bio-oils (BOs) from triglyceride-based biomass through the application of liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) in a simple stage, using methanol and water as a binary solvent and feed/solvent ratio of 1/1. For this, the effects of process parameters such as the water content present in the solvent, the content of carboxylic acids present in the bio-oil, and the extraction temperature on the deacidification process through the efficiency and distribution coefficient were evaluated, as well as the effects of such parameters on the quality of deacidified bio-oils through physical-chemical analyzes and GC-MS analysis. The results show that such process parameters significantly affect the quality of deacidified bio-oils. The ideal condition to have the highest acid removal, i.e., the highest deacidification efficiency (72.65%), is the one in which the deacidification process is performed with aqueous methanol (5% water) at 35 °C and for BOs that have a total acid number (TAN) equal to 24.38 mg KOH/g. Therefore, the process of deacidification by LLE using aqueous methanol is a promising alternative for removing carboxylic acids and other oxygenated compounds, contributing significantly to the upgrading or improving biofuels produced by catalytic thermal cracking.

Keywords

Solvent extraction; Biofuel; Pyrolysis oil; Carboxylic acids; Oxygenated compounds.

Subject

Engineering, Energy and Fuel Technology

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