Modelling of Jatropha Oil Hydrocracking in a Trickle-Bed Reactor to Produce Green Fuel

Table 8

Comparison of this study’s results with Muharam et al. [11] and Anand et al. [14].

Parameter	This research	Muharam et al. [11]	Anand et al. [14]
Process	Hydrocracking	Hydrotreating	Hydrocracking
Reactor diameter (cm)	10	150	0.65
Reactor height (cm)	1000	800	3.5
Catalyst diameter (mm)	1	1.6	Powder
Inlet gas velocity (cm/s)	1	1.5	8.00E − 04
Feed molar ratio	105.5	188	63.3
TG fraction in feed	5%	5%	5%
Inlet temperature (°C)	500	375	420
Pressure (bar)	80	34.5	80
Triglyceride conversion (%)	99.97	88.3	100
Yield (%)	79.46	58.5	87.43
Purity (%)	69.4	97.8	N/A

Calculation involved solvent.