Tamunaidu Pramila, Bhatia Subhash
School of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Seri Ampangan, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
Bioresour Technol. 2007 Dec;98(18):3593-601. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2006.11.028. Epub 2007 Jan 8.
Oil palm is widely grown in Malaysia. Palm oil has attracted the attention of researchers to develop an 'environmentally friendly' and high quality fuel, free of nitrogen and sulfur. In the present study, the catalytic cracking of palm oil to biofuel was studied over REY catalyst in a transport riser reactor at atmospheric pressure. The effect of reaction temperature (400-500 degrees C), catalyst/palm oil ratio (5-10) and residence time (10-30s) was studied over the yield of bio-gasoline and gas as fuel. Design of experiments was used to study the effect of operating variables over conversion of palm oil and yield of hydrocarbon fuel. The response surface methodology was used to determine the optimum value of the operating variables for maximum yield of bio-gasoline fraction in the liquid product obtained.
油棕在马来西亚广泛种植。棕榈油已引起研究人员的关注，以开发一种“环境友好型”的高质量燃料，该燃料不含氮和硫。在本研究中，在常压下的输送提升管反应器中，研究了以REY催化剂将棕榈油催化裂化为生物燃料的过程。研究了反应温度（400 - 500摄氏度）、催化剂/棕榈油比（5 - 10）和停留时间（10 - 30秒）对作为燃料的生物汽油和气体产率的影响。采用实验设计方法研究操作变量对棕榈油转化率和烃类燃料产率的影响。使用响应面方法确定操作变量的最佳值，以获得液体产物中生物汽油馏分的最大产率。
