Study of Chemical Composition of Organic Liquid Product from Catalytic Cracking Process using Response Surface Methodology

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Chokchai Mueanmas

Abstract

The palm oil has the potential to use as a source for liquid fuel production. The catalytic cracking process with a HZSM-5 catalyst was carried out in the horizontal reactor to produce organic liquid product (OLP). The composition of OLP was analyzed in the fraction of olefins, paraffins, naphthenes, aromatics, oxygenated and mixed naphthenes - aromatics. The aim of this research was to study the influence of temperature (400 - 600 oC) and weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) (23.20 – 68.70 hr-1) on the composition of olefins, paraffins and aromatics in organic liquid product (OLP). The quantity of product distributions was analyzed and modeled using the response surface method (RSM). The predicted results showed that the composition of olefins, paraffins, naphthenes, aromatics, oxygenated and mixed naphthenes - aromatics at the temperature 461.9 oC and WSHV 23.2 hr-1 was  19.5%, 13.9%, 7.0%, 29.8%, 18.8% and 10.8%, respectively. These were very close to the verification experiment results. Therefore, the models for the prediction of the product distributions were adequate and statistically significant. The optimum residence time for OLP production was 20 min. Based on the finding in this work, it provides insights into the operational factors for maximizing the quantity of olefins, paraffins and aromatics. Moreover, it has tremendous guiding significance to the efficient operation of transforming palm oil into biofuels.

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Mueanmas, C. (2024). Study of Chemical Composition of Organic Liquid Product from Catalytic Cracking Process using Response Surface Methodology. Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya Research Journal, 16(1), 127–148. Retrieved from https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/rmutsvrj/article/view/256410
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