Biofuel production from non edible Vegetable oils through catalytic Cracking technology using Microporous, mesoporous and Composite catalysts

Abstract

Biofuels are liquid or gaseous fuels obtained from biomass newlineNumber of biofuels have been obtained from various sources but a good newlinebiofuel must be a from a renewable source b environmental friendly newline c biodegradable d should have a shorter CO2 cycle and most importantly newline e sustainable The diminishing source of fossil fuels rapid increase in toxic newlinepollutants and increase in petroleum price have led the researchers all over the newlineworld to focus research in the areas of alternative fuels Plant oils such as newlinecotton soybean canola and palm oil have been extensively studied in recent newlineyears for the production of biofuels newlineTechniques such as transesterification biodiesel pyrolysis higher newlineHydrocarbons catalytic cracking lower and branched hydrocarbons and newlinefermentation bioethanol have been reported for the conversion of vegetable newlineoils into biofuels But the techniques mentioned above have both merits and newlinedemerits Herein we report a scarcely attempted catalytic cracking technique newlinefor the conversion of vegetable oils into biofuels newline newline