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Catalytic conversion of palm oil to fuels and chemicals
Author(s) -
Leng Tan Yee,
Mohamed Abdul Rahman,
Bhatia Subhash
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450770126
Subject(s) - gasoline , space velocity , diesel fuel , kerosene , coke , catalysis , zeolite , yield (engineering) , materials science , pulp and paper industry , waste management , chemical engineering , chemistry , selectivity , organic chemistry , composite material , metallurgy , engineering
The conversion of palm oil to hydrocarbons using a shape selective zeolite catalyst is reported in this work. Palm oil was passed over HZSM‐5 catalyst in a fixed bed micro‐reactor and the reactor was operated at atmospheric pressure, a temperature range of 360 to 420°C and weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of 2 to 4 h −1 . The main objective was to study the effect of reaction temperature and oil space velocity on the conversion and selectivity of gasoline range hydrocarbons. The results show that 40 to 70wt% of the palm oil can be converted to aromatics and hydrocarbons in the gasoline, diesel and kerosene range, light gases, coke and water. The maximum gasoline range hydrocarbons yield of 40wt% of total product formed was obtained at 400°C and 2 h −1 space velocity.