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Thermo-Catalytic Decarboxylation Of Fatty Acids And Real-World Derivatives Towards Liquid Fuels, Shaun J. Fraser
Thermo-Catalytic Decarboxylation Of Fatty Acids And Real-World Derivatives Towards Liquid Fuels, Shaun J. Fraser
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The production of green diesel through waste fats and oils is a promising route to producing renewable transportation fuels that are energy dense, have low oxygen content, low nitrogen content, and possess excellent cold flow properties. However, producing green diesel can be expensive, as most methods use expensive noble metals catalysts such as platinum or palladium, use expensive hydrogen gas, and/or use pyrolysis and thermal cracking to reduce hydrocarbon chain length and lose energetic carbon-hydrogen bonds. This thesis studies the continuous thermo-catalytic decarboxylation of fatty acids and their derivatives to create liquid transportation fuels using an inexpensive MoOx/Al …
Hydrothermal Decarboxylation Of Fatty Acids And Their Derivatives For Liquid Transportation Fuels, Md Zakir Hossain
Hydrothermal Decarboxylation Of Fatty Acids And Their Derivatives For Liquid Transportation Fuels, Md Zakir Hossain
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Due to the depletion of fossil fuel reserves, renewable resources are required to produce tomorrow’s fuel range hydrocarbons. This thesis focuses on the hydrothermal decarboxylation of fatty acids and their derivatives derived from renewable sources. These are required for liquid transportation fuels which have similar properties to conventional fuels. Detailed catalytic studies were performed for the decarboxylation of oleic acid as a model compound and corn distiller’s oil (CDO) as a real feedstock. Commercial activated carbon and laboratory prepared Ni-Al2O3, MgO-Al2O3, Mo-Al2O3 catalysts were also examined as catalysts. Fatty …