Optimization of oil palm fronds conversion to Levulinic Acid using Fe/HY Zeolite Catalyst

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 r...

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Main Authors: Nur Aainaa Syahirah Ramli, Nor Aishah Saidina Amin
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8969/
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spelling ukm-89692016-12-14T06:48:35Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8969/ Optimization of oil palm fronds conversion to Levulinic Acid using Fe/HY Zeolite Catalyst Nur Aainaa Syahirah Ramli, Nor Aishah Saidina Amin, 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. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8969/1/15_Nur_Aainaa.pdf 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 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid44bil6_2015/KandunganJilid44Bil6_2015.html
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description 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.
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author Nur Aainaa Syahirah Ramli,
Nor Aishah Saidina Amin,
spellingShingle Nur Aainaa Syahirah Ramli,
Nor Aishah Saidina Amin,
Optimization of oil palm fronds conversion to Levulinic Acid using Fe/HY Zeolite Catalyst
author_facet Nur Aainaa Syahirah Ramli,
Nor Aishah Saidina Amin,
author_sort Nur Aainaa Syahirah Ramli,
title Optimization of oil palm fronds conversion to Levulinic Acid using Fe/HY Zeolite Catalyst
title_short Optimization of oil palm fronds conversion to Levulinic Acid using Fe/HY Zeolite Catalyst
title_full Optimization of oil palm fronds conversion to Levulinic Acid using Fe/HY Zeolite Catalyst
title_fullStr Optimization of oil palm fronds conversion to Levulinic Acid using Fe/HY Zeolite Catalyst
title_full_unstemmed Optimization of oil palm fronds conversion to Levulinic Acid using Fe/HY Zeolite Catalyst
title_sort optimization of oil palm fronds conversion to levulinic acid using fe/hy zeolite catalyst
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8969/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8969/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8969/1/15_Nur_Aainaa.pdf
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