| Title: | Application of a Sustainable Bioderived Solvent (Biodiesel) for Phenol Extraction |
| Author(s): | Zhang Y; Chang C; Tan B; Xu D; Wang Y; Qi T; |
| Address: | "School of Sciences, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China. Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2470-1343 (Electronic) 2470-1343 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Replacement of volatile organic compound solvents by greener or more environmentally sustainable solvents is becoming increasingly important due to the increasing health and environmental concerns. In the present work, a bioderived solvent, soybean oil methyl ester, which is better known as biodiesel and is a nonvolatile organic compound, was used as a solvent to replace the fossil solvent (kerosene) for phenol extraction. First, biodiesel was selected as an optional solvent to replace kerosene based on Hansen solubility parameter calculation results. Second, the effects of solvent concentration, equilibrium pH of the aqueous phase, temperature, extraction time, etc. on phenol extraction were examined. The results show that biodiesel has strong extraction ability on phenol extraction than that of kerosene. An acidic environment decreases the phase disengagement time. Phenol extraction reached equilibrium in 30 s of contact time at room temperature. McCabe-Thiele diagram calculation results show that the phenol extraction efficiency can reach 98% in three theoretical stages at an A/O ratio of 10:1 (Cyanex923 + biodiesel). Finally, the extraction mechanism indicated that biodiesel could reduce the intermolecular hydrogen bond forces in the extractant so as to improve the extraction efficiency" |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEZhang, Yatong Chang, Chao Tan, Boren Xu, Dongbing Wang, Yong Qi, Tao eng 2019/08/29 ACS Omega. 2019 Jun 17; 4(6):10431-10437. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b00977. eCollection 2019 Jun 30" |
