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- Title
Effect of Size and Distribution of Ni Nanoparticles on γ-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> in Oleic Acid Hydrodeoxygenation to Produce n-Alkanes.
- Authors
Sánchez-Cárdenas, Manuel; Kamaraj, Sathish-Kumar; Medina Ramírez, Rodolfo Rafael; Antonio Sánchez-Olmos, Luis; Medina-Valtierra, Jorge
- Abstract
To contribute to the search for an oxygen-free biodiesel from vegetable oil, a process based in the oleic acid hydrodeoxygenation over Ni/γ-Al2O3 catalysts was performed. In this work different wt % of Ni nanoparticles were prepared by wetness impregnation and tested as catalytic phases. Oleic acid was used as a model molecule for biodiesel production due to its high proportion in vegetable oils used in food and agro-industrial processes. A theoretical model to optimize yield of n-C17 was developed using size, distribution, and wt % of Ni nanoparticles (NPs) as additional factors besides operational conditions such as temperature and reaction time. These mathematical models related to response surfaces plots predict a higher yield of n-C17 when physical parameters of Ni NPs are suitable. It can be of particular interest that the model components have a high interaction with operation conditions for the n-C17 yields, with the size, distribution, and wt % of Ni NPs being the most significant. A combination of these factors statistically pointed out those conditions that create a maximum yield of alkanes; these proved to be affordable for producing biodiesel from this catalytic environmental process.
- Subjects
BIODIESEL fuel manufacturing; CATALYTIC hydrogenation; ALKANES
- Publication
Catalysts (2073-4344), 2016, Vol 6, Issue 10, p156
- ISSN
2073-4344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/catal6100156