The Petroleum diesel-based fossil fuel remains the primary source of energy consumption in Indonesia. The utilization of this unrenewable fuel depletes fossil fuels; thus, an alternative, renewable fuel, such as one based on biohydrocarbon from biomass-green diesel-could be an option. In this work, green diesel was produced through the hydrodeoxygenation from palm oil and processed in a batch-stirred autoclave reactor over natural zeolite (NZ) and NZ modified with 3 wt.% Fe metal (Fe/NZ) as heterogeneous catalyst. NZ showed high crystallinity and suitability to the simulated pattern of the mordenite and clinoptilolite phases according to X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The presence of Fe metal was further confirmed by XRD, with an additional small diffraction peak of Fe 0 that appeared at 2θ = 44-45°. Meanwhile, NZ and Fe/NZ were also characterized by Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX), X-ray Fluorescence (XRF), and Surface Area Analyzer (SAA). The obtained materials were tested for the conversion of palm oil into diesel-range hydrocarbons (C15-C18) under conditions of 375 °C and 12 bar H2 for 2 h. NZ and Fe/NZ produced a liquid hydrocarbon with straight-chain (C15-C18) alkanes as the most abundant products. Based on Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) measurement, a higher conversion of palm oil into diesel-like hydrocarbons reached more than 58% and 89%, when NZ and Fe modified NZ (Fe/NZ), respectively were used as catalysts.

Green diesel is an alternative renewable and environmentally friendly fuel in the transportation sector. This study aimed to modify Indonesian natural zeolite (NZ) with nickel and apply it as a catalyst in green diesel production from crude palm oil (CPO). The materials were prepared with different Ni content of 3, 5, and 10 wt.% and characterized in detail using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Fourier Transform infra-red Spectroscopy (FTIR), and Surface Area Analyzer (SAA). Catalytic tests were performed in a batch reactor at a temperature of 375 °C and a pressure of 12 bar for 2 hours. Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis was used to determine the liquid product. Based on XRD analysis, the crystallinity of materials tends to decrease after being modified with Ni. Concomitantly, the presence of Ni was indicated by new peaks with increasing intensity at 2θ = 44°, 55°, and 76°. SEM analysis shows morphological changes in materials with decreasing particle sizes. The presence of Ni is also known by the presence of small spheres scattered in the material and black shades observed in TEM analysis. Based on IUPAC, the resulting isotherm graph is categorized as type I with type IV loop hysteresis and classified as micropore with an average pore size is <2 nm. The highest activity and selectivity on C15 were achieved up to 77.34% and 53.11% when 3% of Ni modified NZ was applied as Catalyst compared to NZ, and other Ni modified NZ.

The influence of palladium embedded into green-synthesized MIL-100(Fe) and its role as a selective catalyst in the hydrogenation of citronellal into citronellol were investigated. MIL-100(Fe) was synthesized in water at 95 °C without addition of hydrofluoric acid (HF). The loading of Pd was carried out using wet impregnation method with Pd loadings of 1 and 3 wt%. The obtained materials were then tested as catalyst in hydrogenation of citronellal in a batch reactor. XRD analysis confirmed the high crystallinity of the synthesized MIL-100(Fe). FTIR analysis indicated the deprotonation of carboxylic ligand and its coordination with Fe3+ metal ions. The materials had thermal stability up to 287 °C according to TG/DTA analysis. The modification with palladium changed the morphology and decreased the crystallinity, surface area, and porosity as shown by XRD, SEM, TEM and nitrogen sorption isotherm analysis. The presence of Pd successfully increased the catalytic performance and selectivity to convert the citronellal into citronellol through a hydrogenation reaction, and an optimum 63.7% conversion and 22.2% selectivity to citronellol was attained over 3% Pd/MIL-100(Fe).

Abstract. Natural zeolite is abundantly available in Indonesia and well distributed especially in the volcano area like Java, Sumatera, and Sulawesi. So far, natural zeolite from Klaten, Central Java is one of the most interesting zeolites has been widely studied. This research aims to know the effect of seed-assisted synthesis under a hydrothermal condition at 120 °C for 24 hours of Klaten's zeolite toward the structural change and phase transformation of the original structure. According to XRD and XRF analysis, seed-assisted synthesis through the addition of aluminosilicate mother solution has transformed Klaten's zeolite which contains (mordenite and clinoptilolite) into analcime type with decreasing Si/Al ratio from 4.51 into 1.38. Morphological analysis using SEM showed the shape changes from irregular into spherical looks like takraw ball in the range of 0.3 to 0.7 micrometer. Based on FTIR data, structure of TO4 site (T = Si or Al) was observed in the range of 300-1300 cm -1 and the occupancy of Brønsted acid site as OH stretching band from silanol groups was detected at 3440-3650 cm -1 . Nitrogen adsorptiondesorption analysis confirmed that transformation Klaten's zeolite into analcime type has decreased the surface area from 55.41 to 22.89 m 2 /g and showed inhomogeneous pore distribution which can be classified as micro-mesoporous aluminosilicate materials.

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