TY - JOUR
T1 - Production of bio-based aromatic compounds from crop oil
AU - Fegade, Swapnil L.
AU - Bithi, Swastika
AU - Tande, Brian
AU - Seames, Wayne
AU - Muggli, Darrin
AU - Kubátová, Alena
AU - Kozliak, Evguenii
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In this work we evaluate the feasibility of producing bio-based aromatic compounds from crop oil via catalytic cracking. Experiments were conducted in a continuous flow reactor by using doped zeolite catalysts. A design of experiments (DOE) strategy was applied and six factors were included. In the DOE analysis, the responses of interest were the selectivities for individual aromatics, such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes, as well as the overall yield of BTEX. It was found that reaction temperature and the amount of initial oil charged (oil to catalyst ratio) negatively influenced the overall aromatics yield, while dopant concentration was positively correlated to aromatic yields. A significant interaction between dopant concentration and initial oil charged was found and could be used for controlling toluene yield and thus overall BTEX yield. Our work suggests that crop oils could be a very effective renewable feedstock for the production of aromatic compounds.
AB - In this work we evaluate the feasibility of producing bio-based aromatic compounds from crop oil via catalytic cracking. Experiments were conducted in a continuous flow reactor by using doped zeolite catalysts. A design of experiments (DOE) strategy was applied and six factors were included. In the DOE analysis, the responses of interest were the selectivities for individual aromatics, such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes, as well as the overall yield of BTEX. It was found that reaction temperature and the amount of initial oil charged (oil to catalyst ratio) negatively influenced the overall aromatics yield, while dopant concentration was positively correlated to aromatic yields. A significant interaction between dopant concentration and initial oil charged was found and could be used for controlling toluene yield and thus overall BTEX yield. Our work suggests that crop oils could be a very effective renewable feedstock for the production of aromatic compounds.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:80051881476
SN - 0065-7727
JO - ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
JF - ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
T2 - 241st ACS National Meeting and Exposition
Y2 - 27 March 2011 through 31 March 2011
ER -