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Selective catalytic deoxygenation of palm oil to produce green diesel over Ni catalysts supported on ZrO2 and CeO2–ZrO2: Experimental and process simulation modelling studies

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  • Tsiotsias, Anastasios I.
  • Hafeez, Sanaa
  • Charisiou, Nikolaos D.
  • Al-Salem, Sultan M.
  • Manos, George
  • Constantinou, Achilleas
  • AlKhoori, Sara
  • Sebastian, Victor
  • Hinder, Steven J.
  • Baker, Mark A.
  • Polychronopoulou, Kyriaki
  • Goula, Maria A.

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The selective deoxygenation of palm oil to produce green diesel has been investigated over Ni catalysts supported on ZrO2 (Ni/Zr) and CeO2–ZrO2 (Ni/CeZr) supports. The modification of the support with CeO2 acted to improve the Ni dispersion and oxygen lability of the catalyst, while reducing the overall surface acidity. The Ni/CeZr catalyst exhibited higher triglyceride (TG) conversion and yield for the desirable C15–C18 hydrocarbons, as well as improved stability compared to the unmodified Ni/Zr catalyst, with TG conversion and C15–C18 yield remaining above 85% and 80% respectively during 20 h of continuous operation at 300 oC. The high C17 yields also revealed the dominance of the deCOx (decarbonylation/decarboxylation) pathway. A fully comprehensive process simulation model has been developed to validate the experimental findings in this study, and a very good validation with the experimental data has been demonstrated. The model was then further utilised to investigate the effects of temperature, H2 partial pressure, H2/oil feed ratio and LHSV. The model predicted that maximum triglyceride conversion was attainable at reaction conditions of 300 °C temperature, 30 bar H2 partial pressure, H2/oil of 1000 cm3/cm3 feed ratio and 1.2 h−1 LHSV.

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  • Tsiotsias, Anastasios I. & Hafeez, Sanaa & Charisiou, Nikolaos D. & Al-Salem, Sultan M. & Manos, George & Constantinou, Achilleas & AlKhoori, Sara & Sebastian, Victor & Hinder, Steven J. & Baker, Mark, 2023. "Selective catalytic deoxygenation of palm oil to produce green diesel over Ni catalysts supported on ZrO2 and CeO2–ZrO2: Experimental and process simulation modelling studies," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 206(C), pages 582-596.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:206:y:2023:i:c:p:582-596
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.02.038
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