Title
Deoxygenation of waste cooking oil and non-edible oil for the production of liquid hydrocarbon biofuels
Date Issued
01 January 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Pizzi A.
Toscano G.
Busca G.
Bosio B.
Arato E.
University of Genoa
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Deoxygenation of waste cooking vegetable oil and Jatropha curcas oil under nitrogen atmosphere was performed in batch and semi-batch experiments using CaO and treated hydrotalcite (MG70) as catalysts at 400 °C. In batch conditions a single liquid fraction (with yields greater than 80 wt.%) was produced containing a high proportion of hydrocarbons (83%). In semi-batch conditions two liquid fractions (separated by a distillation step) were obtained: a light fraction and an intermediate fraction containing amounts of hydrocarbons between 72-80% and 85-88% respectively. In order to assess the possible use of the liquid products as alternative fuels a complete chemical characterization and measurement of their properties were carried out.
Start page
62
End page
68
Volume
47
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería química Ingeniería del Petróleo, (combustibles, aceites), Energía, Combustibles
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84958855246
PubMed ID
Source
Waste Management
ISSN of the container
0956053X
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