Produção de biodiesel de óleo de babaçu (Attalea spp.) e soja (Glycine max) utilizando como catalisadores líquidos iônicos e complexos de piridina

Abstract

The use of ionic liquids and pyridine complex catalysts are an interesting alternative for use in organic synthesis processes especially in the transesterification reaction for producing biodiesel. They may come to replace homogeneous basic catalysts (NaOH and KOH) because of saponification of the reaction medium and the purification step difficulty catalyst recovery. These compounds have advantages that improve the reaction process and can be used as both solvents and catalysts, it being possible reuse. The objective of this study was to syntetize and characterizes the LI and other catalysts pyridine base and pyridine alkyl with Brønsted acids and Lewis and evaluate the catalytic efficiency of the transesterification of vegetable oil babassu oil and soybean with methanol and ethanol, as well as optimize the reaction conditions for obtaining biodiesel using the technique of Delineation Composite Central Rotational (CCRD) and Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and characterize biodiesel by the standards of the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels - RDC 14/2012. The structural composition of the catalysts was identified by spectroscopy in the infrared (FTIR) and 1H NMR. The yields mass of the catalysts were above 65%. The results obtained in catalytic testing of transesteriifcação reaction with babassu oil and soybean via methyl ethyl route were satisfactory for conversion to esters with average yield above 70%. It was observed by Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) separation of the compounds of biodiesel and the observed FTIR the functional groups present in the ester oil conversion. Quantitative analysis by Gas Chromatography with Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID) showed that the compounds chlorobis (pyridine)tin(II) dihydrate [Sn(Py)2Cl2] .2H2O (71.6%); chlorobis(collidine)Zinc(II) [Zn(TPy)2Cl2] (86.5%); chlorine(collidine) aluminum (III) [Al(TPy)Cl3] (89.2%); pyridinium p-toluenesulfonate [TPy+][p-TSA-] (79.2%); pyridinium p-toluenesulfonate [Py+][p-TSA-] (89.1%), dihydrogeno phosphate p-aminotoluene-m-sulfonic [p-ATS-] [H2PO4-] (85.3%) used in the transesterification of vegetable oils obtained satisfactory performance in biodiesel synthesis. In the factorial design and the MSR observed efficiency of dihydrogeno phosphate p-aminotoluene-m-sulfonic for biodiesel synthesis. For biodiesel methyl babassu (BMB) the most significant variable was the molar ratio. However, the methyl soybean biodiesel (BMS), soybean biodiesel ethyl (BES) and ethyl biodiesel babassu (BEB), all variables affecting the process and were statistically significant. ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) provides a model with good concordance and predictive results in conversion to esters. The better reaction conditions in the optimization process for the production of biodiesel employing the [p-ATS-] [H2PO4-] was BMB (91.7%) molar ratio (MR) methanol: oil 17.5: 1, LI 3 5%, temperature 185 ° C, BMS (97.3%) RM methanol: oil 10: 1, LI 2.0%, temperature 200 ° C, BEB (92.2%) MR ethanol: oil 25: 1, LI 5.0%, temperature 200 °C and BES (98.3%) MR ethanol: oil 30.1: 1, 3.5% LI, 185 ° C temperature. At the maximum point calculated for BMB, ANOVA was statistically significant with R2 = 93.0%. Optimum conditions for achieve maximum point were: RM alcohol: oil 30.5: 1, LI 4.68% and temperature of 171 ° C to yield 92.2% to esters. Therefore, the catalysts used in the production of biodiesel obtained high to performance and methyl and ethyl esters can be studied in future work for other types of organic reactions.