Environment-friendly deoxygenation of non-edible Ceiba oil to liquid hydrocarbon biofuel: Process parameters and optimization study

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Nur Hafawati, Mijan, Nurul Asikin, Taufiq-Yap, Yun Hin, Ong, Hwai Chyuan, Lee, Hwei Voon
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer Heidelberg 2022
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/42075/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Non-edible Ceiba oil has the potential to be a sustainable biofuel resource in tropical countries that can replace a portion of today's fossil fuels. Catalytic deoxygenation of the Ceiba oil (high O/C ratio) was conducted to produce hydrocarbon biofuel (high H/C ratio) over NiO-CaO5/SiO2-Al2O3...