Ramli, N. A. S. and Amin, N. A. S. (2015) Optimization of oil palm fronds conversion to levulinic acid using Fe/HY zeolite catalyst. Sains Malaysiana, 44 (6). pp. 883-890. ISSN 00126-6039
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2015-4406-15
Abstract
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 reaction time, 1.13 g Fe/HY zeolite loading and 0.25 g OPF loading. The efficiency of OPF conversion at the optimum conditions was determined to be 61.1%. It was also demonstrated that Fe/HY zeolite gave sufficient performance for five successive cycles of OPF conversion to LA. The results suggested that Fe/HY zeolite is potential as catalyst for biomass conversion to LA.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | levulinic acid, oil palm fronds, optimization |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
| Divisions: | Chemical and Energy Engineering |
| ID Code: | 58724 |
| Deposited By: | Haliza Zainal |
| Deposited On: | 04 Dec 2016 04:07 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Dec 2021 04:15 |
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