Nur Aainaa Syahirah Ramli, and Nor Aishah Saidina Amin, (2015) Optimization of oil palm fronds conversion to Levulinic Acid using Fe/HY Zeolite Catalyst. Sains Malaysiana, 44 (6). pp. 883-891. ISSN 0126-6039
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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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| Keywords: | Fe/HY zeolite; levulinic acid; oil palm fronds; optimization |
| Journal: | Sains Malaysiana |
| ID Code: | 8969 |
| Deposited By: | ms aida - |
| Deposited On: | 27 Jul 2015 15:13 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Dec 2016 06:48 |
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