TY - CONF EP - 281 VL - 148 A1 - Yasir, M. A1 - Azizan, M.T. A1 - Ramli, A. A1 - Ameen, M. UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85013899065&doi=10.1016%2fj.proeng.2016.06.565&partnerID=40&md5=2e2cabb6561dfa93a1ddba3d3fea129a PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 18777058 Y1 - 2016/// ID - scholars7488 TI - Hydroprocessing of Crude Jatropha Oil Using Hierarchical Structured TiO2 Nanocatalysts SP - 275 KW - Carboxylation; Catalysts; Enamels; Field emission microscopes; Hydrocarbons; Nanosheets; Nanostructured materials; Nanotubes; Process engineering; Scanning electron microscopy; Titanium dioxide; Yarn KW - Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Hydrocarbon product; Hydrodeoxygenation; Hydroprocessing; Jatropha oil; Titania nanosheet; Transmission electron; Wet impregnation method KW - Hydrocracking N1 - cited By 27; Conference of 4th International Conference on Process Engineering and Advanced Materials, ICPEAM 2016 ; Conference Date: 15 August 2016 Through 17 August 2016; Conference Code:131138 N2 - Hydroprocessing of crude jatropha oil (CJO) has been studied over different hierarchical structured titania (TiO2) nanomaterial supports doped with Ni and Ce metals. Three different hierarchical structured TiO2 suport material were used including commercial TiO2 nanopowder, titania nanotubes (TNT) and titania nanosheets (TNS). The TNT and TNS support nanomaterials were synthesized using hydrothermal chemical route. However, the catalyst loading was performed using wet impregnation method. All the catalysts were characterized using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopic (TEM) and Accelerated Surface Area and Porosimetry (ASAP) analysis. NiCe/TNT catalysts exhibited highest conversion of triglycerides to hydrocarbon products as compared to NiCe/TiO2 and NiCe/TNS. The main products involved in the HC reaction are straight chain hydrocarbons ranging n-C15 to n-C18. However, the reaction pathways observed are: hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) and decarboxylation/decarbonylation (DCO/DCN). DCO/DCN was found to be the major reaction route under the studied conditions. © 2016 The Authors. AV - none ER -