Journal
MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS
Volume 276, Issue -, Pages 13-22Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2018.09.014
Keywords
Mesoporous; Aluminosilicates; True liquid crystal templating; Ni/Al-SBA-15; PFAD; Cracking; Deoxygenation; Green diesel; Advanced biofuels
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Funding
- Royal Society [60888, NA150407]
- Academy of Science Malaysia/MIGHT through the Newton Ungku-Omar Fund [ST-2016-006]
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia [DPK-2017-011]
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A series of 5 wt% NiO/Al-SBA-15 catalysts were prepared by wet impregnation of ordered, mesoporous Al-SBA-15 supports (Si/Al molar ratios spanning 5-75) synthesised by a true liquid crystal templating (TLCT) method. The catalytic activity of the resulting catalysts was studied in the solvent-less, hydrogen-free deoxygenation (DO) of palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD), using a semi-batch reactor at 350 degrees C. Al-27 and Si-29 MAS-NMR was used to quantify the speciation of framework and extra-framework Al as a function of Si:Al ratio, before and after NiO functionalisation; TEM and XRD confirmed the formation of 9-10 nm NiO nanoparticles in all cases. NiO/AlSBA-15 catalysts exhibited excellent catalytic activity for PFAD deoxygenation, with hydrocarbon yields reaching 86% and a selectivity to the diesel fraction (C-11-C-17) of 91%.
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