EFFECT OF METAL DOPED ZSM-5 CATALYST ON AROMATIC YIELD AND COKE FORMATION IN MICROALGAL BIO-OIL PRODUCTION

Year 2021, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 20 - 32, 31.07.2021

Gamze Özçakır , Ali Karaduman

Abstract

It has been known that synthetic zeolites as a cracking catalyst can increase aromatic hydrocarbon amount by providing deoxygenation of pyrolytic bio-oil. However, deactivation of zeolite because of coke deposition has been a serious problem. In this study, Ni and Co metals which was impregnated to ZSM-5 were used as catalyst for co-pyrolysis of Spirulina–Polystyrene and Spirulina-Polyethylene. The yields of bio-oils were compared to each other. The bio-oils which formed from catalytic co-pyrolysis were analyzed via GC-MS. Amounts of target aromatic compounds which were benzene, o-xylene, naphthalene in the bio-oils were determined. Coke amounts on the catalysts were computed. Regarding coke deposition (11%) and bio-oil yield (55%), it was determined that Ni-ZSM-5 was an effective catalyst for co-pyrolysis Polystyrene and Spirulina. For Spirulina and Polyethylene, it was obtained that bio-oil yield and coke deposition were 50% and 14% for Ni-ZSM-5.

Keywords

Bio-oil, ZSM-5, metal impregnation, GC-MS, green chemical production

Supporting Institution

Ankara University Coordinatorship of Scientific Research Projects

Project Number

17L0443014

Thanks

We would like to thank Ankara University Coordinatorship of Scientific Research Projects for financial support (Project Number: 17L0443014).

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