Sains Malaysiana 54(8)(2025): 1927-1944

http://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2025-5408-05

 

A Series of Modified Mordenite for Green Fuel Production from Oleic Acid

(Suatu Siri Mordenit Terubah Suai untuk Pengeluaran Bahan Api Hijau daripada Asid Oleik)

 

KHOIRINA DWI NUGRAHANINGTYAS^1,*, SOFIA AULIA MUKHSIN¹, RIZKI LUKITAWATI¹, FITRIA RAHMAWATI¹, I F NURCAHYO¹, ENY KUSRINI^2,3,4 & YUNIAWAN HIDAYAT¹

 

¹²Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sebelas Maret University, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Surakarta, Indonesia

²Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus Baru UI Depok, 16424, Indonesia

³Research Group of Green Product and Fine Chemical Engineering, Laboratory of Chemical Product Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus Baru UI, Depok, 16424, Indonesia

⁴Tropical Renewable Energy Research Center, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus Baru UI, Depok, 16424, Indonesia

 

Received: 25 December 2024/Accepted: 23 June 2025

 

Abstract

Green diesel and biogasoline are low-oxygen compounds in green fuel. Palm oil is a potential source of green fuel production through a hydrodeoxygenation reaction assisted by a specific catalyst. In this research, a series of transition metal (i.e., Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn) deposited in mordenite (MOR) catalysts were investigated for the hydrodeoxygenation reaction. Oleic acid was used to represent palm oil. All catalysts can convert oleic acid into green fuel products, particularly straight-chain alkane hydrocarbons with low free oxygen content. The Co/MOR catalyst converted 98.82% of oleic acid with a 76% selectivity for green fuel. The performance of the catalyst in one period follows the Sabatier Principle for the catalyst rather than the periodic system of elements.

Keywords: Biogasoline; green diesel; hydrodeoxygenation; mordenite; transition metal

 

Abstrak

Disel hijau dan biogasolin adalah sebatian oksigen rendah dalam bahan api hijau. Minyak sawit merupakan sumber berpotensi pengeluaran bahan api hijau melalui tindak balas hidrodeoksigenasi yang dibantu oleh mangkin tertentu. Dalam penyelidikan ini, satu siri logam peralihan (iaitu, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu dan Zn) yang dimendapkan dalam mangkin mordenit (MOR) telah dikaji untuk tindak balas hidrodeoksigenasi. Asid oleik digunakan untuk mewakili minyak sawit. Semua pemangkin boleh menukar asid oleik kepada produk bahan api hijau, terutamanya hidrokarbon alkana rantai lurus dengan kandungan oksigen bebas yang rendah. Pemangkin Co/MOR menukarkan 98.82% asid oleik dengan selektiviti 76% untuk bahan api hijau. Prestasi pemangkin dalam satu tempoh mengikut Prinsip Sabatier untuk pemangkin dan bukannya sistem unsur berkala.

Kata kunci: Biogasolin; disel hijau; hidrodeoksigenasi; logam peralihan; mordenit

 

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