Journal
JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS
Volume 156, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2021.105146
Keywords
Fatty acid; Deoxygenation; Catalytic cracking; Modified Al-MCM-41; Hydrocarbon
Funding
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [LGG21B060002]
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The study investigated the catalytic cracking of oleic acid to liquid hydrocarbon biofuels, with P/Al-MCM-41 catalyst showing excellent potential to produce high-quality biofuels. The modified catalysts significantly improved the hydrocarbons content and physiochemical properties of the biofuels.
Oleaginous biomass conversion to liquid hydrocarbon biofuels has emerged as an effective solution to the energy crisis and environmental problems. In this process, the removal of oxygenated compounds will directly affect the effectiveness of subsequent biofuel applications. Herein, deoxygenation of oleic acid by catalytic cracking was conducted using five various elements (La, Ni, P, Zr and Ce) modified Al-MCM-41. The related characterizations were carried out for these catalysts, including N-2 physisorption, XRD, XPS, pyridine-FTIR and NH3-TPD techniques. The results showed the mesoporous structure of Al-MCM-41 was maintained after different modifications, and these catalysts greatly improved the hydrocarbons content and physiochemical properties of biofuels. The modified catalysts tended to facilitate the decarbonylation pathway and showed high selectivity to alkane and aromatic hydrocarbons. Besides, La/Al-MCM-41 presented excellent anti-coking activity. Ni/Al-MCM-41 showed both high dehydrogenation and deoxygenation activities. The Zr modification and Ce modification had a promotion effect in the deoxidizing activity of the catalyst, owing to the formation of oxophilic metal oxides. Noteworthily, P/Al-MCM-41 displayed the best deoxidizing performance due to its high Bronsted acidity, which caused the highest hydrocarbons content (82.30 %) and the lowest fatty acids content (around 0 %) of the biofuel. Moreover, the resulting biofuel had not only low oxygen content (3.88 wt.%) and acid value (5.47 mgKOH g(-1)) but also a high calorific value (44.50 MJ kg(-1)), which could be processed into green diesel. Hence, the catalytic cracking of fatty acid over P/Al-MCM-41 has excellent potential to produce high-quality renewable fuels.
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