Palm biogasoline

Process converting palm oil (crude palm oil) to biogasoline is slightly same process with biodiesel processing by using catalyst but with different reaction. In this process, a catalytic cracking reaction is conducted. After, degumming process, the palm oil (crude palm oil) is directly contacted to the bed catalysts at a high temperutre and low pressure condition in N2 gas. Then, the product is sapareted to gas and liquid products. The liquid product is a biogasoline. The catalysts were used in this process is different with the biodiesel. In this process, mostly the soild acid catalysts are used. The challenge or key point in this process is catalysts prepartion and configuration of bed catalysts. The catalysts should have a high acidity and high pore diameter in order to the free-. –fatty acid could be enter in the pore and conducted a cracking reaction.