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Review of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Catalytically Upgrading Vegetable Oils into Hydrocarbon Biofuels

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 11 Mar 2017Publisher:MDPI AGJournal:Catalysts, volume 7, page 83 (eissn: 2073-4344,

Authors: Xianhui Zhao; Lin Wei; Shouyun Cheng; James Julson;

doi: 10.3390/catal7030083

Review of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Catalytically Upgrading Vegetable Oils into Hydrocarbon Biofuels

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Abstract

To address the issues of greenhouse gas emissions associated with fossil fuels, vegetable oilseeds, especially non-food oilseeds, are used as an alternative fuel resource. Vegetable oil derived from these oilseeds can be upgraded into hydrocarbon biofuel. Catalytic cracking and hydroprocessing are two of the most promising pathways for converting vegetable oil to hydrocarbon biofuel. Heterogeneous catalysts play a critical role in those processes. The present review summarizes current progresses and remaining challenges of vegetable oil upgrading to biofuel. The catalyst properties, applications, deactivation, and regeneration are reviewed. A comparison of catalysts used in vegetable oil and bio-oil upgrading is also carried out. Some suggestions for heterogeneous catalysts applied in vegetable oil upgrading to improve the yield and quality of hydrocarbon biofuel are provided for further research in the future.

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Keywords

Chemical technology, TP1-1185, Chemistry, hydrocarbon, vegetable oil, regeneration, biofuel, deactivation, QD1-999, catalytic cracking, hydroprocessing

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