Research Article
Vegetable Oil and Derivates Hydroprocessing Using Ni as Catalyst for the Production of Hydrocarbons
Table 4
Conversion of reagents (palm oil; soy methyl ester) and hydrocarbons selectivity in catalytic hydroprocessing.
| | Palm oil | Soy methyl ester | Time (h) | Temp (°C) | Ni/Al2O3 | Ni/Nb2O5 | Ni/Al2O3 | Ni/Nb2O5 | Selectivity (%) | Selectivity (%) | Selectivity (%) | Selectivity (%) | Conv. (%) | HC | Fatty acids | Wax esters | Fatty alcohols | Conv. (%) | HC | Fatty acids | Wax esters | Fatty alcohols | Conv. (%) | HC | Fatty acids | Wax esters | Fatty alcohols | Conv. (%) | HC | Fatty acids | Wax esters | Fatty alcohols |
| 5 | 270 | 100 | 6.0 | 37.1 | 54.3 | 2.6 | 100 | 1.1 | 42.5 | 10.1 | 46.3 | 53.3 | 4.4 | 46.7 | 48.0 | 0.9 | 87.1 | 4.9 | 12.9 | 44.3 | 37.9 | 290 | 100 | 11.0 | 49.5 | 36.7 | 2.4 | 100 | 0.9 | 71.6 | 6.0 | 21.5 | 59.4 | 24.3 | 40.6 | 34.4 | 0.7 | 70.9 | 6.3 | 29.1 | 49.6 | 15.0 | 300 | 100 | 22.6 | 51.6 | 24.8 | 0.9 | 100 | 0.2 | 85.4 | 2.0 | 12.3 | 50.1 | 29.9 | 49.9 | 19.5 | 0.7 | 73.4 | 11.1 | 26.6 | 50.2 | 12.1 |
| 7 | 270 | 100 | 8.1 | 40.4 | 49.4 | 2.1 | 100 | 1.5 | 46.6 | 14.3 | 37.6 | 61.1 | 7.9 | 38.9 | 52.2 | 1.0 | 75.7 | 4.6 | 24.3 | 43.3 | 27.8 | 290 | 100 | 23.8 | 35.4 | 38.3 | 2.1 | 100 | 0.9 | 78.7 | 5.9 | 14.5 | 55.3 | 29.5 | 44.7 | 25.2 | 0.6 | 71.3 | 6.4 | 28.7 | 48.6 | 16.3 | 300 | 100 | 21.0 | 58.1 | 20.2 | 0.7 | 100 | 1.1 | 79.2 | 7.1 | 12.6 | 98.3 | 41.2 | 41.9 | 16.1 | 0.8 | 75.2 | 16.5 | 24.8 | 16.9 | 41.8 |
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