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Development of Hydroprocessing Route to Transportation Fuels from Non-Edible Plant-Oils

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Catalysts with tunable porosity, crystallinity and acidity can selectively produce aviation fuels and road transportation fuels via hydroprocessing of non-edible oils. Here we discuss several catalyst supports—mesoporous alumina, silica–alumina and hierarchical mesoporous zeolites, developed and used as support for hydroprocessing catalysts (Ni–Mo, Co–Mo, Ni–W), for the selective production of transportation fuels. These developed catalysts were used for the hydroconversion of waste cooking-oil, jatropha-oil, algal-oil and their mixtures with petroleum refinery oils. The physicochemical properties of the catalyst were tuned for optimal performance on the basis of evaluation results on high pressure fixed bed microreactors and pilot scale reactors. These studies targeted the production of transportation fuels (gasoline, kerosene and diesel) by hydroprocessing (hydrotreating or hydrocracking) renewable feed stocks or co-processing with fossil based oils. Modelling and process optimization studies for prediction of kinetic rate parameters and to know the reaction pathways for the conversion of these feed stocks to various range of hydrocarbon fuels, were also carried out. These studies provided the vital information that the reaction pathways were temperature dependent.

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The authors thank Director, IIP for approving this submission. BSR thanks CSIR, India for fellowship. MGS and DV thanks UGC, India for fellowship.

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    A. K. Sinha, M. Anand, B. S. Rana, R. Kumar, S. A. Farooqui, M. G. Sibi, R. Kumar & R. K. Joshi

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Sinha, A.K., Anand, M., Rana, B.S. et al. Development of Hydroprocessing Route to Transportation Fuels from Non-Edible Plant-Oils. Catal Surv Asia 17, 1–13 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10563-012-9148-x

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