Research Article

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

Table 3

Amount of NH3 desorbed.

CatalystNH3 (μmolNH3/gcat)Ratio acid site (%)
WeakMediumStrong

Ni/Al2O311.719.276.54.4
Ni/Nb2O510.378.313.48.2
Ni/Beta42.087.30.012.7
Ni/HY53.848.251.80.0