Catalytic deoxygenation of triolein to green fuel over mesoporous TiO2 aided by in situ hydrogen production

Oi, L. E. and Choo, Min-Yee and Lee, Hwei Voon and Taufiq-Yap, Y. H. and Cheng, C. K. and Juan, Joon Ching (2020) Catalytic deoxygenation of triolein to green fuel over mesoporous TiO2 aided by in situ hydrogen production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45 (20). pp. 11605-11614. ISSN 0360-3199. (Published)

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Abstract

The greenhouse gases contributed by combustion of fossil fuel has urged the need for sustainable green fuel production. Deoxygenation is the most reliable process to convert bio-oil into green fuel. In this study, the deoxygenation of triolein was investigated via mesoporous TiO2 calcined at different temperature in the absence of external H2. The high conversion of fuel-liked hydrocarbons showed the in situ H2 produced from the reaction. The mesoporous TiO2 calcined at 500 °C (M500) demonstrated the highest activity, around 76.9% conversion was achieved with 78.9% selectivity to hydrocarbon. The reaction proceed through second order kinetic with a rate constant of 0.0557 g−1trioleinh−1. The major product of the reaction were diesel range saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbon (60%) further the formation of in situ H2. It is interesting to observe that higher calcination temperature improve crystallinity and remove surface hydroxyls, meanwhile increase the acid density and medium strength acid site. The conversion of triolein increased linearly with the amount of medium strength acid sites. This result suggests that medium-strength acidity of catalyst is a critical factor in determining deoxygenation activities. In addition, the presence of mesopores allow the diffusion of triolein molecules and improve the selectivity. Hence, mesoporous TiO2 with Lewis acidity is a fascinating catalyst and hydrogen donor in high-value green fuel.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Indexed by Scopus
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Deoxygenation; Decarboxylation; Triolein; TiO2; Acidity; Hydrocarbon
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Faculty/Division:	Centre of Excellence: Centre of Excellence for Advanced Research in Fluid Flow Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering
Depositing User:	Mrs Norsaini Abdul Samat
Date Deposited:	03 Nov 2022 06:20
Last Modified:	03 Nov 2022 06:20
URI:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28617
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