Effect of Support Material on MgO-Based Catalyst for Production of New Hydrocarbon Bio-Diesel

Authors

  • Paweesuda Natewong Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan
  • Yayoi Murakami HiBD Research Institute, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan
  • Haruki Tani Graduate of School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
  • Kenji Asami Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan

Keywords:

High quality Bio-diesel, Deoxygenation, Decarboxylation, Support material.

Abstract

The catalytic-decarboxylation of waste cooking oil was carried out over 10wt% MgO catalysts supported on different supports, g-Al2O3, ZrO2, SiO2 and active carbon. The prepared catalysts were characterized by BET, XRD, FE-SEM and TGA. The results of XRD and BET indicated that the obtained catalysts were highly dispersion on the support with large specific surface area. The catalytic-decarboxylation performance of catalysts was investigated by the CO2 yield and carried out in an agitated reactor under inert gas for 7 h at 430 °C. The triglycerides in waste cooking oil were converted into a mixture of hydrocarbons, CO, CO2 and water by breaking C-C and C-O bonds by direct decarboxylation and subsequent cracking. The supported MgO-based catalysts showed high catalytic activity and could convert triglycerides to long chain hydrocarbons in diesel specification range (C10-C20). In the case of 10M/AC catalyst, the addition of ZrO2 exhibited an inhibitor the coke formation on the catalyst surface, due to surface oxygen vacancies, which help gasify the carbon that deposit on the surface of the catalyst.

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2016-07-22

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Natewong, P., Murakami, Y., Tani, H., & Asami, K. (2016). Effect of Support Material on MgO-Based Catalyst for Production of New Hydrocarbon Bio-Diesel. American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences, 22(1), 153–165. Retrieved from https://asrjetsjournal.org/index.php/American_Scientific_Journal/article/view/1800

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