Catalytic cracking of rapeseed oil to high octane gasoline and olefins

FCC coprocessing oil sands heavy gas oil and canola oil. 1. Yield structure

“…The catalyst used was an industrial FCC equilibrium catalyst. Bielansky et al [9,10] investigated FCC performances of admixtures of rapeseed, soybean, and palm oil, each added in steps of 20 wt% (up to 100 wt%) to a conventional VGO. Cracking took place in a continuous FCC pilot plant with internal circulating fluidized bed (CFB) design using a commercial FCC equilibrium catalyst, an acidic spray-dried rare earth-exchanged USY catalyst partially coated with ZSM-5 zeolite crystal.…”

Fluid catalytic cracking: Processing opportunities for Fischer–Tropsch waxes and vegetable oils to produce transportation fuels and light olefins

“…Due to the large amount of aromatics (35-40% in gasoline) along with i-olefins and i-paraffins, high octane numbers can be expected. In fact, Bielansky et al [37] reported RON of 100 and MON of 87 for the gasoline fraction obtained from rapeseed oil (similar composition) catalytic cracking, performed in a pilot-plant circulating riser reactor. Furthermore, the reaction sample obtained from catalytic cracking at $5 s and 525°C was analyzed by two dimensional gas chromatography (GC Â GC) to evaluate the qualitative hydrocarbon distribution up to a boiling range of 600°C.…”

“…In addition to the studies by our research group, a few more studies available on the catalytic cracking of vegetable oils [36][37][38][39]. Watkins et al [36] studied co-processing option of vegetable oils (soybean, palm and rapeseed oils) at different concentrations up to 15% with different base FCC feeds (VGO/resid blend (composite feed) and hydrotreated VGO) in a pilot plant using a commercial FCC catalyst.…”

“…In order to evaluate the potential of vegetable oils as feedstocks in actual FCC process, it is very important to carry out catalytic cracking of vegetable oils under realistic FCC conditions. Not many studies are available on catalytic cracking of vegetable oils in a riser-type reactor [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39].…”

Hydrocracking of Calophyllum inophyllum Oil With Non-sulfide CoMo Catalysts

“…Both, non-saturated and saturated fatty acids contents of vegetable oils, such as: palm, soybean, rape-seed, woody oils and the like, can be converted into fuels [3][4][5][6][7]. Among those vegetable oils, Calophyllum inophyllum kernel oil is the most favorable oil to be converted into fuels [8].…”