UNIVERSITY OF NIŠ

Faculty of Technology, Leskovac

BOOK OF ABSTRACTS
14th SYMPOSIUM
„NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT“

Leskovac, October, 22-23, 2021.

Faculty of Technology, Leskovac

Publisher: Faculty of Technology, Leskovac

For the Publisher: Prof. Dragiša Savić

Editor: Prof. Miodrag Lazić

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SYMPOSIUM with international participation "Novel Technologies and Economic

Development" (14 ; 2021 ; Leskovac)
Book of abstacts / 14 th Symposium [with international participation] "Novel Technologies
and Economic Development" Leskovac, October, 22-23, 2021. ; [organized by] Faculty of
Technology, Leskovac [and] Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU), Branch in Niš] ;
[editor Miodrag Lazić]. - Leskovac : Faculty of Technology, 2021 (Leskovac : Makos print). –
162 str. ; 25 cm

Na vrhu nasl. str.: University of Niš. - Tiraž 130. - Registar.

ISBN 978-86-89429-44-2

а) Технологија -- Апстракти б) Технолошки прогрес -- Привредни развој -- Апстракти

COBISS.SR-ID 48095241

Print: MAKOS-PRINT, Leskovac; 2021.

Printing: 130

Proofreader: Biljana Mitić Stanković

Paging and graphical design: Vesna Marinković

ISBN 978-86-89429-44-2
14th Symposium with international participation "Novel Technologies and
Economic Development" was also supported by Ministry of Education, Science
and Technological Development Republic of Serbia.
14th Symposium with international participation
"Novel Technologies and Economic Development"
Organized by: Faculty of Technology, Leskovac
Co-organizer: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) - Branch in Niš

The Programme Committee:

Goran Nikolić, President, Leskovac, Serbia
Vlada Veljković, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts-Branch in Niš, Leskovac,
Serbia
Vesna Nikolić, Leskovac, Serbia
Ljubiša Nikolić, Leskovac, Serbia
Olivera Stamenković, Leskovac, Serbia
Nenad Ćirković, Leskovac, Serbia
Marija Stojanović Krasić, Leskovac, Serbia
Slobodan Petrović, Belgrade, Serbia
Branka Pilić, Novi Sad, Serbia
Ivan Ristić, Novi Sad, Serbia
Aleksandar Bojić, Niš, Serbia
Andrija Šmelcerović, Niš, Serbia
Borislav Milanović, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Anita Tarbuk, Zagreb, Croatia
Karmina Miteva, Skopje, Republic of Northern Macedonia
Vimal Chandra Srivastava, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
Luca Polleto, Padova, Italy
Marcela Elisabeta Barbinta-Patrascu, Bucharest, Romania
Ljubica Tasić, Sao Paolo, Brasil
Dejan Nikolić, Chicago, USA
Radmila Tomovska, Donostia-San Seastian, Espana

The Organizing Committee:

Dragiša Savić, President, Leskovac, Serbia
Vladimir Rakočević, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts-Branch in Niš, Niš, Serbia
Goran Cvetanović, Leskovac, Serbia
Nebojša Kocić, Leskovac, Serbia
Dragan Milenović, Leskovac, Serbia
Igor Denić, Leskovac, Serbia
Radojica Ristić, Leskovac, Serbia
Andrea Nutricato, Vlasotince, Serbia
Aleksandar Stojiljković, Leskovac, Serbia
Petar Stojanović, Grocka, Serbia
Miodrag Lazić, Leskovac, Serbia
Sreten Stojanović, Leskovac, Serbia
Nada Nikolić, Leskovac, Serbia
Jovan Stepanović, Leskovac, Serbia
Dušan Trajković, Leskovac, Serbia
Bojana Danilović, Leskovac, Serbia
Zoran Kostić, Leskovac, Serbia
Dejan Ranđelović, Leskovac, Serbia
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The present work has been funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological
development of the Republic of Serbia, Program for financing scientific research work, No.451-
03-9/2021-14/200133 and No.451-03-9/2021-14/200383. It is also a part of the Project 0-14-18
of the SASA Branch in Niš, Serbia.

A COMPARISON OF THE CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE OF NUTSHELL

ASHES AND CONVENTIONAL CATALYSTS FOR BIODIESEL
PRODUCTION
1 2 2 2
Marija Miladinović , Milica Petković , Ivana Banković-Ilić , Olivera Stamenković ,
3 2
Miodrag Zdujić , Vlada Veljković
1
Faculty of Agriculture, Kruševac, Serbia
2
Faculty of Technology, Leskovac, Serbia
3
Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts,
Belgrade, Serbia

In this study, two types of nutshell ashes, namely walnut and hazelnut shell ashes,
were employed as solid catalysts for biodiesel production to compare their catalytic
performances. For this purpose, both catalysts were prepared in the same way i.e., by
combustion of nutshells in the air followed by calcination at 800C for 2 h. The
elemental composition and crystalline structure of both ashes were determined by ICP
and EDX method and XRD analysis, respectively. The catalytic tests were performed
under the atmospheric pressure in a batch glass reactor at 12:1 molar ratio of
methanol-to-sunflower oil and reaction time of 1 h. The catalyst loadings of 1 and 5%
and reaction temperature of 60C were used. Further, their catalytic performance was
compared to conventional catalysts, potassium hydroxide and calcined quicklime
(mainly composed of calcium oxide). Potassium and calcium were detected as the
most abundant elements in both ashes that contribute to their very good catalytic
activity for biodiesel production. The difference in the catalytic performance of hazelnut
and walnut shell ashes was not observed at the higher catalyst loading. The walnut
and hazelnut shell ashes showed superior catalytic performance over quicklime as a
catalyst, but a slightly lower activity than potassium hydroxide. Both nutshell ashes
could be used to replace the pure chemical compound (KOH) as a catalyst in
biodiesel production.

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