Mehdi Mohammadpour
Sahand University of Technology IranTitle: Conventional vs. Microwave Heating in Combustion Synthesis of Ca-Mn Perovskite Used in MgO Nanocatalyst for Biodiesel Production
Abstract:
In the present article, MgO/Ca2Mn3O8 nanocatalyst was used in the transesterification process for production of green fuel from sunflower oil. Besides, the synthesis of the layered nanostructured Ca2Mn3O8 support was carried out by combustion method. The effect of two heating approaches including muffle furnace and microwave irradiation was investigated on the characteristics of calcium-manganese mixed oxide used as the support of the MgO active phase. Both of the synthesized nanocatalysts were characterized by different techniques such as XRD, FESEM and EDX. The nanocatalyst produced by the microwave irradiation combustion method scored the best performance. This nanocatalyst had the highest specific surface area (46.39 m2/g), and better pore volume distribution, too. It was also found that the nanocatalyst converted 96.7% of sunflower seed oil to fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs), and exhibited better reusability in the same operating conditions compared to the sample synthesized with muffle furnace in five runs. This justified the positive influence of microwave irradiation on the catalytic properties.
Biography:
Mehdi Mohammadpour holds a bachelor degree of science in Chemical Engineering from Azad University of Tehran. He was the director of education at several companies from July 16, 2013. He worked as an intern in PetroTech Company. At present, he is studying M.Sc. Chemical Engineering at Sahand University of Technology. His Master's thesis is about biodiesel (Green Fuel) production for Environmental purposes under the supervision of Professor Mohammad Haghighi and collaboration of Reza Shokrani (Ph.D. Student). Another area of his research focuses on Methane and Ethane Reforming. Mehdi is a member of Reactor and Catalysis Research Center (RCRC) from January 12, 2018 up to now.
Mehdi Mohammadpour
Sahand University of Technology IranTitle: Conventional vs. Microwave Heating in Combustion Synthesis of Ca-Mn Perovskite Used in MgO Nanocatalyst for Biodiesel Production
Abstract:
In the present article, MgO/Ca2Mn3O8 nanocatalyst was used in the transesterification process for production of green fuel from sunflower oil. Besides, the synthesis of the layered nanostructured Ca2Mn3O8 support was carried out by combustion method. The effect of two heating approaches including muffle furnace and microwave irradiation was investigated on the characteristics of calcium-manganese mixed oxide used as the support of the MgO active phase. Both of the synthesized nanocatalysts were characterized by different techniques such as XRD, FESEM and EDX. The nanocatalyst produced by the microwave irradiation combustion method scored the best performance. This nanocatalyst had the highest specific surface area (46.39 m2/g), and better pore volume distribution, too. It was also found that the nanocatalyst converted 96.7% of sunflower seed oil to fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs), and exhibited better reusability in the same operating conditions compared to the sample synthesized with muffle furnace in five runs. This justified the positive influence of microwave irradiation on the catalytic properties.
Biography:
Mehdi Mohammadpour holds a bachelor degree of science in Chemical Engineering from Azad University of Tehran. He was the director of education at several companies from July 16, 2013. He worked as an intern in PetroTech Company. At present, he is studying M.Sc. Chemical Engineering at Sahand University of Technology. His Master's thesis is about biodiesel (Green Fuel) production for Environmental purposes under the supervision of Professor Mohammad Haghighi and collaboration of Reza Shokrani (Ph.D. Student). Another area of his research focuses on Methane and Ethane Reforming. Mehdi is a member of Reactor and Catalysis Research Center (RCRC) from January 12, 2018 up to now.