Browsing Conference Papers by Subject "Hydrotreatment"

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Evaluation of bio-char based products as hydrotreating catalysts for the production of renewable fuel

Venter, R.J.; Booysen, J.G.; Marx, S.; Schabort, C. (2017)

Increasing demand for alternative fuel from fossil fuel exists which has led to the development of new technologies for the production of bio-fuels. One such technology involves the hydrotreatment of vegetable oils such ...
Evaluation of cottonseed oil as co-feedstock for the hydroprocessing of petroleum middle distillates for diesel fuel production

Venter, Roelf; Khethane, Themba; Radebe, Lehlohonono; Mashamaite, Khomotso; Schabort, Corneels; Marx, Sanette (ETA, 2016)

Mandatory blending of biodiesel into petroleum diesel came to effect in 2015 in South Africa. The availability of biodiesel to implement this mandate however poses a challenge for local biodiesel producers and petroleum ...
The hydrotreatment of an unsaturated fatty acid vegetable oil to hydrocarbons over Ni/SiO2-Al2O3

Venter, Roelf; Schabort, Corneels; Marx, Sanette (ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, 2015)

In this study, sunflower oil was hydrotreated in the presence of a nickel catalyst with the objective to evaluate the effect of reaction parameters on the characteristics of the reaction product. The effect of reaction ...