Enhancing the production of biofuels from cottonseed oil by fixed-fluidized bed catalytic cracking

Catalytic cracking of inedible camelina oils to hydrocarbon fuels over bifunctional Zn/ZSM-5 catalysts

“…However, using noble metal catalysts and hydrogen will largely increase the processing cost. Li et al used FCC equilibrium catalyst (zeolite) to produce biofuels from cottonseed oils in a fixed-fluidized bed and concluded that catalytic cracking of cottonseed oils could produce value added products, such as gasoline [13]. Distillation can be used to separate a mixture with wide boiling ranges into products with narrower boiling ranges.…”

Optimization of catalytic cracking process for upgrading camelina oil to hydrocarbon biofuel

“…After vegetable oil is upgraded into liquid hydrocarbons, the liquid hydrocarbons will be delivered to a petroleum refinery to produce bio-jet fuel. Li et al (2009a) used cottonseed oil to produce biofuel using a catalytic cracking method in a fixed-fluidized bed. The effect of residence time, catalyst-to-oil ratio and reaction temperature on the yield of bio-gasoline and light fuel oil was studied.…”

Hydroprocessing of Jatropha oil over NiMoCe/Al2O3 catalyst

“…The biofuels derived from plant oils are environmentally friendly because they are free of nitrogen and sulfur compounds [1]. Hydroprocessing of vegetable oil leads to the production of hydrocarbons in the boiling range of diesel, and therefore it is commonly called green diesel or renewable diesel [2].…”