Production and Characterization of Green gasoline Obtained by Thermal Catalytic Cracking of Crude Palm Oil (Elaeis guineensis, Jacq.) in a Pilot Plant

Authors

  • Silvio Alex Pereira Mota Instituto de Geociências e Engenharia – IGE da Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará - UNIFESSPA.
  • Andréia de Andrade Mancio
  • Luiz Eduardo Pizarro Borges
  • Nélio Teixeira Machado

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14808/sci.plena.2017.012717

Keywords:

Thermal Catalytic Cracking, Palm Oil, Sodium Carbonate, Green Gasoline

Abstract

This study investigated the production and characterization of green gasoline obtained from crude palm oil (Elaeis guineensis, Jacq.), which was submitted at a process of thermal catalytic cracking in a pilot plant. The cracking reactions were carried out in a reactor of 143 L, operating in batch mode at 450ºC and atmospheric pressure, using 20% (w/w) sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) as catalyst. The organic product liquid (OLP) obtained in the cracking was submitted the distillation in laboratory scale using a column vigreux type. The results show that the yields in OLP obtained in the presence of Na2CO3 were of 65.86%, with acid value of 1.02 mg KOH/g and an elevated formation of gas residual. In relating to the green gasoline this presented a low kinematic viscosity value of 0,72 (mm2.s-1) and acid value of 1,11 mg KOH/g. GC–MS analysis indicated in chemical composition of the green gasoline a percentage of 52,78% of hydrocarbon, of these 15,78% are paraffinic compounds, 31,54% of olefin, 3,50% of naphthenic and 1,94% of aromatic compounds

Author Biography

Silvio Alex Pereira Mota, Instituto de Geociências e Engenharia – IGE da Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará - UNIFESSPA.

Professor Adjunto do Instituto de Geociências e Engenharia – IGE da Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará - UNIFESSPA.

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Published

2017-01-13

How to Cite

Mota, S. A. P., Mancio, A. de A., Borges, L. E. P., & Machado, N. T. (2017). Production and Characterization of Green gasoline Obtained by Thermal Catalytic Cracking of Crude Palm Oil (Elaeis guineensis, Jacq.) in a Pilot Plant. Scientia Plena, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.14808/sci.plena.2017.012717

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2017): January / Janeiro 2017

Section

I Workshop sobre pesquisas na Amazônia e I encontro do MNPEF da Unifesspa

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