Hafeez, S;
Al-Salem, SM;
Papageridis, KN;
Charisiou, ND;
Goula, MA;
Manos, G;
Constantinou, A;
(2021)
Theoretical investigation of the deactivation of ni supported catalysts for the catalytic deoxygenation of palm oil for green diesel production.
Catalysts
, 11
(6)
, Article 747. 10.3390/catal11060747.
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Abstract
For the first time, a fully comprehensive heterogeneous computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model has been developed to predict the selective catalytic deoxygenation of palm oil to produce green diesel over an Ni/ZrO2 catalyst. The modelling results were compared to experimental data, and a very good validation was obtained. It was found that for the Ni/ZrO2 catalyst, the paraffin conversion increased with temperature, reaching a maximum value (>95%) at 300◦CHowever, temperatures greater than 300◦C resulted in a loss of conversion due to the fact of catalyst deactivation. In addition, at longer times, the model predicted that the catalyst activity would decline faster at temperatures higher than 250◦C. The CFD model was able to predict this deactivation by relating the catalytic activity with the reaction temperature.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Theoretical investigation of the deactivation of ni supported catalysts for the catalytic deoxygenation of palm oil for green diesel production |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/catal11060747 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/catal11060747 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited |
| Keywords: | green diesel; catalyst deactivation; selective deoxygenation; computational fluid dynamics (CFD) |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10130201 |
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