Catalytic cracking of bio-oil to organic liquid product (OLP)

The main objective of this paper is to find the optimum operating condition to upgrade the EFB-derived pyrolysis oil (bio-oil) to liquid fuel, mainly gasoline using Taguchi Method. From the analysis that has been done, it is found that the optimum operating condition for heterogeneous catalytic crac...

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Main Authors: Hew, K. L., Tamidi, A. M., Yusup, Suzana, Ahmad, Murni M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010
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Online Access:http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2949/
http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2949/1/catalytic_cracking_of_bio_oil_to_organic_liquid_product_%28OLP%29.PDF
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Summary:The main objective of this paper is to find the optimum operating condition to upgrade the EFB-derived pyrolysis oil (bio-oil) to liquid fuel, mainly gasoline using Taguchi Method. From the analysis that has been done, it is found that the optimum operating condition for heterogeneous catalytic cracking process is at 400 °C, 15 min of reaction time using 30 g of catalyst weight where operating at this condition produced the highest yield of gasoline fraction which is 91.67 wt.%. This observation proves that EFB-derived pyrolysis oil could be upgraded via heterogeneous catalytic cracking to produce gasoline.