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Diesel-like hydrocarbon production from hydroprocessing of relevant refining palm oil

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In this paper, the effects of operating parameters (i.e., reaction time, operating temperature, and pressure) and catalyst (e.g., Pd/C and NiMo/γ-Al 2 O 3 ) were examined in order to determine suitable operating condition for each feedstock.
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This article is published in Fuel Processing Technology.The article was published on 2013-12-01. It has received 125 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Vegetable oil refining & Diesel fuel.

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Development of nickel based catalysts for the transformation of natural triglycerides and related compounds into green diesel: a critical review

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the contributions relevant to each one of the aforementioned subjects for obtaining a synthetic picture concerning the progress pointed out so far and the future perspectives as well.
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Roles of monometallic catalysts in hydrodeoxygenation of palm oil to green diesel.

TL;DR: In this paper, the deoxygenation of palm oil to green diesel was performed in a trickle-bed reactor over four γ-Al 2 O 3 -supported monometallic catalysts (Co, Ni, Pd, and Pt).
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Hydrotreatment of vegetable oils: A review of the technologies and its developments for jet biofuel production

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an evaluated review of recent literature about development, conversion routes, and role of processing conditions to maximize the production of renewable jet fuel, and discuss current initiatives and companies boosting jet biofuels production.
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Production of bio-hydrogenated diesel by catalytic hydrotreating of palm oil over NiMoS2/γ-Al2O3 catalyst

TL;DR: Catalytic hydrotreating of palm oil to produce bio-hydrogenated diesel (BHD) demonstrated that HDO, DCO, and DCO2 reactions competitively occurred at each condition, and had different optimal and limiting conditions.
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Effect of reaction pathway and operating parameters on the deoxygenation of vegetable oils to produce diesel range hydrocarbon fuels: A review

TL;DR: In this article, a comparative assessment on the various deoxygenation pathways with their reaction mechanisms to opt for the suitable pathway for conversion of vegetable oils into hydrocarbon fuels based on yield and selectivity of the desired product, ease of use, economy etc.
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A review on biomass as a fuel for boilers

TL;DR: In this paper, several aspects which are associated with burning biomass in boilers have been investigated such as composition of biomass, estimating the higher heating value of biomass and comparison between biomass and other fuels.
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Heterogeneous Catalytic Deoxygenation of Stearic Acid for Production of Biodiesel

TL;DR: In this article, a novel method for production of diesel-like hydrocarbons via catalytic deoxygenation of fatty acid is discussed, where the model compound stearic acid is deoxgenated to heptadecane.
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Processing biomass in conventional oil refineries: Production of high quality diesel by hydrotreating vegetable oils in heavy vacuum oil mixtures

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors showed that the carbon molar yield of straight chain C15-C18 alkanes was 71% on a carbon basis (the maximum theoretical yield for these products is 95%) for hydrotreating of pure vegetable oil under optimal reaction conditions.
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Cetane numbers of branched and straight-chain fatty esters determined in an ignition quality tester

TL;DR: In this article, the cetane numbers of 29 samples of straight-chain and branched C 1 -C 4 esters as well as 2-ethylhexyl esters of various common fatty acids were determined.
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Deoxygenation of vegetable oils over sulfided Ni, Mo and NiMo catalysts

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the performance of Ni, Mo, and NiMo sulfided catalysts in deoxygenation of rapeseed oil at 260-280°C, 3.5-5-MPa and 0.25-4-h −1 in a fixed-bed reactor.
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