Review of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Catalytically Upgrading Vegetable Oils into Hydrocarbon Biofuels

To address the issues of greenhouse gas emissions associated with fossil fuels, vegetable oilseeds, especially non-food oilseeds, are used as an alternative fuel resource. Vegetable oil derived from these oilseeds can be upgraded into hydrocarbon biofuel. Catalytic cracking and hydroprocessing are t...

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Main Authors:	Xianhui Zhao, Lin Wei, Shouyun Cheng, James Julson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2017-03-01
Series:	Catalysts
Subjects:	vegetable oil hydrocarbon biofuel catalytic cracking hydroprocessing deactivation regeneration
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/7/3/83

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spelling	doaj-e180b7a5f6a84a8b992785bdc4636b522020-11-25T00:59:35ZengMDPI AGCatalysts2073-43442017-03-01738310.3390/catal7030083catal7030083Review of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Catalytically Upgrading Vegetable Oils into Hydrocarbon BiofuelsXianhui Zhao0Lin Wei1Shouyun Cheng2James Julson3Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USADepartment of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USADepartment of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USADepartment of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USATo address the issues of greenhouse gas emissions associated with fossil fuels, vegetable oilseeds, especially non-food oilseeds, are used as an alternative fuel resource. Vegetable oil derived from these oilseeds can be upgraded into hydrocarbon biofuel. Catalytic cracking and hydroprocessing are two of the most promising pathways for converting vegetable oil to hydrocarbon biofuel. Heterogeneous catalysts play a critical role in those processes. The present review summarizes current progresses and remaining challenges of vegetable oil upgrading to biofuel. The catalyst properties, applications, deactivation, and regeneration are reviewed. A comparison of catalysts used in vegetable oil and bio-oil upgrading is also carried out. Some suggestions for heterogeneous catalysts applied in vegetable oil upgrading to improve the yield and quality of hydrocarbon biofuel are provided for further research in the future.http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/7/3/83vegetable oilhydrocarbonbiofuelcatalytic crackinghydroprocessingdeactivationregeneration
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author	Xianhui Zhao Lin Wei Shouyun Cheng James Julson
spellingShingle	Xianhui Zhao Lin Wei Shouyun Cheng James Julson Review of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Catalytically Upgrading Vegetable Oils into Hydrocarbon Biofuels Catalysts vegetable oil hydrocarbon biofuel catalytic cracking hydroprocessing deactivation regeneration
author_facet	Xianhui Zhao Lin Wei Shouyun Cheng James Julson
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title	Review of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Catalytically Upgrading Vegetable Oils into Hydrocarbon Biofuels
title_short	Review of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Catalytically Upgrading Vegetable Oils into Hydrocarbon Biofuels
title_full	Review of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Catalytically Upgrading Vegetable Oils into Hydrocarbon Biofuels
title_fullStr	Review of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Catalytically Upgrading Vegetable Oils into Hydrocarbon Biofuels
title_full_unstemmed	Review of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Catalytically Upgrading Vegetable Oils into Hydrocarbon Biofuels
title_sort	review of heterogeneous catalysts for catalytically upgrading vegetable oils into hydrocarbon biofuels
publisher	MDPI AG
series	Catalysts
issn	2073-4344
publishDate	2017-03-01
description	To address the issues of greenhouse gas emissions associated with fossil fuels, vegetable oilseeds, especially non-food oilseeds, are used as an alternative fuel resource. Vegetable oil derived from these oilseeds can be upgraded into hydrocarbon biofuel. Catalytic cracking and hydroprocessing are two of the most promising pathways for converting vegetable oil to hydrocarbon biofuel. Heterogeneous catalysts play a critical role in those processes. The present review summarizes current progresses and remaining challenges of vegetable oil upgrading to biofuel. The catalyst properties, applications, deactivation, and regeneration are reviewed. A comparison of catalysts used in vegetable oil and bio-oil upgrading is also carried out. Some suggestions for heterogeneous catalysts applied in vegetable oil upgrading to improve the yield and quality of hydrocarbon biofuel are provided for further research in the future.
topic	vegetable oil hydrocarbon biofuel catalytic cracking hydroprocessing deactivation regeneration
url	http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/7/3/83
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Review of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Catalytically Upgrading Vegetable Oils into Hydrocarbon Biofuels

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