Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 883-890 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Sains Malaysiana |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jun 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Fe/HY zeolite
- Levulinic acid
- Oil palm fronds
- Optimization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General
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