Chemoselective decarboxylation of ceiba oil to diesel-range alkanes over a red mud based catalyst under H₂-free conditions.

ABSTRACT: Concerns over global greenhouse gas emissions such as CO _x and NO _x as well as the depletion of petroleum fossil resources have motivated humankind to seek an alternative energy source known as green diesel. In this study, green diesel was produced via a deoxygenation (DO) reaction of ceiba oil under a H₂-free atmosphere over Ni modified red mud-based catalysts, which have been synthesized via a precipitation - deep-deposition assisted autoclave method. The obtained catalyst was further characterized by XRF, XRD, BET, FTIR, TPD-NH₃, FESEM, and TGA. Based on the catalytic activity test, all Ni/RMO _x catalysts facilitated greater DO activity by yielding 83-86% hydrocarbon yield and 70-85% saturated dies

SUBMITTER: Adzahar NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9175285 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature