Parametric study on the thermal decarboxylation of palm oil using bentonite as catalyst

Date

6-2015

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Myra G. Borines

Restrictions

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Abstract

Decarboxylation is a process that removes oxygen elements attacking the carboxylic group of a compound.The effect of solvent to feed ratio, reaction temperature and catalyst loading on decarboxylation of palm oil were investigated. Through lime water test the occurence of decarboxylation was confirmed. The effect of solvent-to- feed ratio is influenced by the other two factors. This exhibited a negative response when the reaction temperature was high or the catalyst loading was low and vice versa. the interaction between solvent dilution and temperature is attributed to the oxidative stability of the oil while the interaction of that with the catalyst loading is simply based on the surface area of contact of the active sites. The effect of temperature is also influenced by catalyst loading on the process but the opposite can be said at low catalyst levels. This is attributed to the amount of catalyst that can support the process and the number of surface area available for contact. The catalyst loading effect id roughly independent to the other factors and can be solely used describing how the model behaves.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2015 E62 /G34

Document Type

Thesis

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