Chemoselective decarboxylation of ceiba oil to diesel-range alkanes over a red mud based catalyst under H2-free conditions

• Main Authors: Adzahar, Nur Athirah, Mijan, N. Asikin, Saiman, Mohd Izham, Alsultan, G. Abdulkareem, Mastuli, M. S., Shamsuddine, Mohd Razali, Yap, Y. H. Taufiq
• Format: Article
• Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2022
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100688/; https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/ra/d2ra00853j

Concerns over global greenhouse gas emissions such as COx and NOx as well as the depletion of petroleum fossil resources have motivated humankind to seek an alternative energy source known as green diesel. In this study, green diesel was produced via a deoxygenation (DO) reaction of ceiba oil under...