Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels from Catalytic Cracking of
Waste Cooking Oils Using Basic Mesoporous Molecular Sieves K<sub>2</sub>O/Ba-MCM-41 as Catalysts
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Abstract
Mesoporous molecular sieves K<sub>2</sub>O/Ba-MCM-41, which feature
base sites, were prepared under hydrothermal conditions. The structure,
base properties, and catalytic activity of the mesoporous molecular
sieves as heterogeneous catalysts for the cracking of waste cooking
oil (WCO) were then studied in detail. K<sub>2</sub>O/Ba-MCM-41 exhibited
higher catalytic performance for the cracking of WCO than traditional
base catalysts such as Na<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> and K<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>. Moreover, the cracking of WCO generates fuels (main
composition is C<sub>12</sub>∼C<sub>17</sub> alkane or olefin)
that have similar chemical compositions to diesel-based fuels, and
K<sub>2</sub>O/Ba-MCM-41 is of excellent stability. The catalyst could
be recycled and reused with negligible loss in activity for four cycles.
K<sub>2</sub>O/Ba-MCM-41 is an environmentally benign heterogeneous
basic catalyst for the production of liquid hydrocarbon fuels from
low quality feed stocks