Project Info

Deoxygenation of lipid based biomass into liquid fuel over non noble metal catalysts

Moises Carreon | mcarreon@mines.edu

For the production of biofuels from non-edible plants or algae, major emphasis has been placed on the development of inexpensive, highly active, and robust catalysts. Nickel based catalysts have shown promising activity for the deoxygenation of plant oils and fatty acids to liquid fuels. In this project we propose to develop mesoporous crystalline nickel oxide catalysts for the effective and cheap conversion of lipid based model molecules to liquid fuels. With success, the proposed research will lead to the development of novel Nickel based catalysts with tailored structural, textural, and morphological properties that effectively catalyze in a single step process the conversion of lipid- biomass to ‘drop-in’ hydrocarbon transport fuels, like motor and aviation gasoline.

More Information

1) J Crawford, C Smoljan, J Lucero, M.A. Carreon* Deoxygenation of Stearic Acid over Cobalt-Based NaX Zeolite, Catalysts 2019, 9, 1, 42.
2) J. M. Crawford, M.A. Carreon*, Decarboxylation of Diunsaturated Linoleic Acid to Heptadecane over Zeolite Supported Pt/ZIF-67 Catalysts, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2018, 57 (47), 15991–15997.
3) L. Yang, M.A. Carreon*, Deoxygenation of palmitic and lauric acids over Pt/ZIF-67 membrane/zeolite 5A bead catalysts ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9, 31993-32000.
4) L. Yang, K. Tate, J.B. Jasinski, M.A. Carreon*, “ Decarboxylation of oleic acid to heptadecane over Pt-supported zeolite 5A beads”, ACS Catalysis 2015, 5, 6497-6502.

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