Abstract

Ahmad Suseno¹, Karna Wijaya², Wega Trisunaryanti² and Roto²

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/340332

Cu doped Ni/zirconia-pillared bentonite prepared using pillarization-impregnation method and its application as heterogeneous catalyst for hydrocracking of cooking oil to biogasoline has been investigated. Several zirconia-pillared bentonite supported Ni-Cu catalyst (Ni-Cu [x:y])/ zirconia-pillared bentonites; where x and y represent the mass ratio of Ni and Cu, respectively) were prepared by the impregnation method and used for hydrocracking of cooking oil to biogasoline. The Ni-Cu/zirconia-pillared bentonite samples were characterized by TEM, SEM, TGA, while the surface area by N₂ adsorption, GC-MS was used to evaluate the product. The catalytic activity was assessed given the effects of different mass ratios of Ni and Cu. Among all the samples, the Ni-Cu(3:1)/zirconia-pillared bentonite catalyst showed the highest catalytic ability.

Zirconia-Pillared Bentonite; Ni-Cu Catalysts; Mass Ratios; Biogasoline

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