Effect of ZSM-5 catalyst on co-cracking of jatropha oil with bagasse

Shelly Biswas (1, 2, *), D. K. Sharma (1), Rajiv Kumar (3)

1) Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India.
2) Department of Chemistry , Vel Tech Dr RR & Dr SR Technical University, Avadi, Chennai, India.
3) Department of space Engineering and Rocketry, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, India.

Carbon – Science and Technology 8/3 (2016) 46 – 51. 

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Keywords: Co-cracking, Jatropha oil, Bagasse, ZSM-5,liquid product

Abstract: Co-cracking of Jatropha oil (JO) and bagasse (BA) in the presence of ZSM-5 catalyst was investigated in a fixed bed tubular batch reactor under atmospheric pressure. It was observed that ZSM-5 increases the gaseous product yield though the liquid yield is not much affected. From the GC-MS characterization of the liquid yield it was observed that liquid yield mainly consisted of compounds in the carbon number range of C12-C22 as compared to thermally co-cracked liquid. This indicates that the presence of ZSM-5 catalyst leads to polycondensation, recombination and rearrangement reactions taking place during co-cracking process.