Ut-battelle, Inc.

University of Tennessee Research Foundation

Shiba Prasad Adhikari

Mariappan Parans Paranthaman

Amit Kumar Naskar

Zachary David Hood

Younan Xia

Yunchao Li

Abdou Lachgar

Marcus W Wright

Abdessadek Lachgar

The invention provides a catalyst and a method for making the catalyst. The catalyst comprises a porous carbon composite impregnated with a salt. The catalyst comprises a porous carbon composite impregnated with a salt.

Production of biofuels with novel salts impregnated tire-derived carbon catalysts

A method of making solid acid catalysts includes the step of sulfonating waste tire pieces in a first sulfonation step. The sulfonated waste tire pieces are pyrolyzed to produce carbon composite pieces having a pore size less than 10 nm. The carbon composite pieces are then ground to produce carbon composite powders having a size less than 50 &#x3bc;m. The carbon composite particles are sulfonated in a second sulfonation step to produce sulfonated solid acid catalysts. A method of making biofuels and solid acid catalysts are also disclosed.

Surface treated carbon catalysts produced from waste tires for fatty acids to biofuel conversion

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Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

Shiba Prasad Adhikari