Paper details

Title:

Production of Motor Fuels by Hydrogenation of Seed Rape Oil with High Euric Acid Content

Author(s):

Solymosi, P., Baladincz, P., Hancsók, J.

Document(s):

Abstract:

The European Union created the 2003/30/EC and later 2009/28/EC directives to encourage the blending of bio components into motor fuels. Due to the poor utilization properties of the biodiesels, the spread of bio gas oils and synthetic bio gas oils can be expected in short and medium terms. Their utilization properties are substantially more favorable. One of the possible ways to produce bio gas oil is the heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation of vegetable oil or triglycerides from other sources. During the conversion of conventional vegetable oils to engine fuel a significant loss of yield occurs on account of the forming water, propane, CO, CO2, etc. The aim of our research activities was to produce bio gas oil from properly prepared oil with a high euric acid containing rapeseed oil which was obtained from expediently grown rapeseed of Hungarian origin. We made the experiment on supported bimetallic catalyst under the following process parameters by out earlier research: temperature: 300 – 380°C, pressure: 20 – 80 bar, LHSV: 0.5 – 3.0 h­1, H2/triglycerides ratio: 400 – 800 Nm3/m3. At the favourable combination of reaction parameters the hydrocarbon yield was 2 ­6 absolute percent than the case of conventional feedstocks. The cetane number of the target products was higher than 85, thus they can be high­class gas oil blending components.

Keywords:

catalytic conversion, diesel, rapeseed oil, second generation, biofuels, bio gas oil

Topic:

Processes for Fuels from Biomass

Subtopic:

Production and supply of first generation liquid biofuels

Event:

19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition

Session:

VP3.3.14

Pages:

2077 - 2081

ISBN-13:

978-88-89407-55-4

ISBN-10:

88-89407-55-7

Paper DOI:

10.5071/19thEUBCE2011-VP3.3.14

Price:

FREE