Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6): 1128-1138.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(11)60524-X

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Influence of reaction conditions on one-step hydrotreatment of lipids in the production of iso-alkanes over Pt/SAPO-11

WANG Congxina,c, LIU Qianhea,c, LIU Xuebind, YAN Lijune, LUO Chene, WANG Leia, WANG Bingchuna, TIAN Zhijiana,b   

  1. a Dalian National Laboratory of Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China;
    b State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China;
    c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
    d Energy Innovation Laboratory, BP (China) Holdings Limited, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China;
    e Petrochemical Research Institute, PetroChina, Beijing 100195, China
  • Received:2012-11-24 Revised:2012-12-24 Online:2013-06-07 Published:2013-06-09
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    This work was supported by PetroChina and BP.

Abstract:

A one-step hydrotreatment of soybean oil to produce iso-alkanes has been carried out over a Pt/SAPO-11 catalyst in a fixed-bed reactor. The influence of reaction conditions such as temperature, pressure, hydrogen/oil ratio, and space velocity on the catalytic performance has been investigated. From the levels of intermediate products, gas products (CO, CO2) and the target product (alkane), it was found that the hydrogenolysis of esters, fatty acids and fatty aldehydes and the formation of fatty alcohols were prohibited, which led to high selectivity for hydrodecarboxylation and hydrodecarbonylation at high temperature, low pressure or low hydrogen/oil ratio. The selectivity of the isomerization increased when temperature increased or space velocity decreased, while pressure and hydrogen/oil ratio were found to have no influence. A plausible reaction pathway has been proposed based on these results.

Key words: Lipid, Alkane, Hydrodecarboxylation, SAPO-11 molecular sieve, Hydroisomerization