Hydrothermal catalytic conversion of oleic acid to heptadecane over Ni/ZrO2
Abstract
There is growing interest in the substitution of expensive noble metal catalysts with low-cost earth-abundant metals in applications targeting biofuels production from waste organic feedstocks. Here, nickel (Ni) catalysts supported on zirconium dioxide (ZrO2), both with and without copper (Cu) as a co-metal, were tested in hydrothermal reactions of unsaturated and saturated C18 fatty acids as models for waste oil feedstocks. In contrast to recent reports, this study showed no enhancement of nickel's activity for fatty acid conversion to alkane products when Cu was present. Ni/ZrO2 prepared by metal coprecipitation methods converted 100% of oleic acid with 25% selectivity to heptadecane after 5h of reaction at 350 °C using methanol as a hydrogen donor source, increasing to 41% heptadecane after 20 h. Lower yields were observed with catalysts prepared by wet impregnation and using alternative hydrogen donor sources (glycerol, formic acid). Greater selectivity to heptadecane was also observed at higher temperatures (370 °C) and when the initial fatty acid had greater saturation. Longer term exposure to hydrothermal media led to metal sintering and catalyst deactivation. Findings support a path forward to the development of earth-abundant metal catalysts for the upgrading of waste organic feedstocks.
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[1];
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Harbin Institute of Technology (China)
- Alder Fuels, Washington, D.C. (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1993431
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5100-87064
Journal ID: ISSN 2772-4166; MainId:87839;UUID:7713e8e7-dde7-42c4-9bb2-b80086221977;MainAdminID:70084
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308; CBET-1804513
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 2772-4166
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Drop-in fuel; Earth abundant metals; Linoleic acid; Subcritical; Waste valorization
Citation Formats
Cronmiller, L. Estelle, Crawford, James M., Zhang, Jing, Vardon, Derek R., and Strathmann, Timothy J. Hydrothermal catalytic conversion of oleic acid to heptadecane over Ni/ZrO2. United States: N. p., 2023.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.hazadv.2023.100273.
Cronmiller, L. Estelle, Crawford, James M., Zhang, Jing, Vardon, Derek R., & Strathmann, Timothy J. Hydrothermal catalytic conversion of oleic acid to heptadecane over Ni/ZrO2. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazadv.2023.100273
Cronmiller, L. Estelle, Crawford, James M., Zhang, Jing, Vardon, Derek R., and Strathmann, Timothy J. Sun .
"Hydrothermal catalytic conversion of oleic acid to heptadecane over Ni/ZrO2". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazadv.2023.100273. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1993431.
@article{osti_1993431,
title = {Hydrothermal catalytic conversion of oleic acid to heptadecane over Ni/ZrO2},
author = {Cronmiller, L. Estelle and Crawford, James M. and Zhang, Jing and Vardon, Derek R. and Strathmann, Timothy J.},
abstractNote = {There is growing interest in the substitution of expensive noble metal catalysts with low-cost earth-abundant metals in applications targeting biofuels production from waste organic feedstocks. Here, nickel (Ni) catalysts supported on zirconium dioxide (ZrO2), both with and without copper (Cu) as a co-metal, were tested in hydrothermal reactions of unsaturated and saturated C18 fatty acids as models for waste oil feedstocks. In contrast to recent reports, this study showed no enhancement of nickel's activity for fatty acid conversion to alkane products when Cu was present. Ni/ZrO2 prepared by metal coprecipitation methods converted 100% of oleic acid with 25% selectivity to heptadecane after 5h of reaction at 350 °C using methanol as a hydrogen donor source, increasing to 41% heptadecane after 20 h. Lower yields were observed with catalysts prepared by wet impregnation and using alternative hydrogen donor sources (glycerol, formic acid). Greater selectivity to heptadecane was also observed at higher temperatures (370 °C) and when the initial fatty acid had greater saturation. Longer term exposure to hydrothermal media led to metal sintering and catalyst deactivation. Findings support a path forward to the development of earth-abundant metal catalysts for the upgrading of waste organic feedstocks.},
doi = {10.1016/j.hazadv.2023.100273},
journal = {Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances},
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volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2023},
month = {Sun Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2023}
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