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