Vegetable Oil and Derivates Hydroprocessing Using Ni as Catalyst for the Production of Hydrocarbons

Table 1

Textural properties of the catalysts and supports.

Catalyst	Surface area (BET) (m^2/g)	Pore volume (cm³/g)	Pore size (Å)
Al2O3	222	0.45 (mesopores)	78
Ni/Al2O3	152	0.37 (mesopores)	91
Nb2O5	207	0.30 (mesopores)	59
Ni/Nb2O5	105	0.14 (mesopores)	52
Beta	511	0.71 (mesopores)	152
		0.16 (micropores)
Ni/Beta	373	0.33 (mesopores)	42
		0.12 (micropores)
HY	708	0.08 (mesopores)	35
		0.27 (micropores)
Ni/HY	534	0.11 (mesopores)	25
		0.21 (micropores)