Biofuels Production Via Catalytic Hydrocracking of DDGS Corn Oil and Hydrothermal Decarboxylation of Oleic Acid over Transition Metal Carbides Supported on Al-SBA-15

Al Alwan, Basem

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)

Basem Al Alwan¹, Steven Salley^1,2 and Simon Ng^1,2, (1)Wayne State University, USA, (2)NextCat Inc, USA.

The conversion of biomass to biofuels is one of the most promising ways to reduce the need for fuel derived from petroleum. The purpose of this research is to to develop catalysts that can utilize renewable non-food based feedstocks and have great performance under milder operation conditions.

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P-W-B-164 Biofuels Production Via Catalytic Hydrocracking of DDGS Corn Oil and Hydrothermal Decarboxylation of Oleic Acid over Transition Metal Carbides Supported on Al-SBA-15