Agus Budianto, Sumari Sumari, Kartika Udyani
Biofuel is one of alternative energy to solve the problem of increasing energy needs. Research on the production of biofuels from nyamplung oil is very interesting to do. This research studied the production of biofuels from nyamplung oil through catalytic cracking process. A catalyst of a Zn-HZSM-5 / γ-alumina was used in this study. The research aims were to study the composition of nyamplung oil, to get characteristic of the Zn-HZSM-5 / γ-alumina catalyst, and to study the effect of temperature and composition of the catalyst toward biogasoline, biodiesel, and bioekerosene selectivity in biofuel production. Experiments were carried out in a fixed bed reactor containing the catalyst by adjusting various temperatures and catalyst compositions. The results showed that the use of Zn-HZSM-5 / γ-alumina (1:2) catalyst produced biofuel with biodiesel selectivity of 73.86% on the reaction temperature of 450 to 550 °C. While the use of the Zn-HZSM- 5 / γ-alumina (1:1) catalyst generated biofuel with a biogasoline selectivity of 54% at the reaction temperature of 500 to 550 °C. © 2006-2015 Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN).
Department of Chemical Engineering, Adhi Tama Institute of Technology, Surabaya, Indonesia; Department of Chemistry, State University of Malang, Malang, Indonesia
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