Optimization of oil palm fronds conversion to Levulinic Acid using Fe/HY Zeolite Catalyst

• Main Authors: Nur Aainaa Syahirah Ramli,, Nor Aishah Saidina Amin,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8969/1/15_Nur_Aainaa.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8969/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid44bil6_2015/KandunganJilid44Bil6_2015.html

Levulinic acid (LA) is a versatile platform chemical with numerous potential uses. Conversion of oil palm fronds (OPF) to LA over Fe/HY zeolite catalyst has been conducted in this study. The optimization process using Box-Behnken design gave 19.6% of LA yield at 181.7°C reaction temperature, 7.7 h r...