Pyrolitic conversion of palm oil into liquid fuel using protonated zeolite-X prepared from rice husk silica and aluminum foil as catalyst

• Published in: Journal of physics. Conference series 2021-01, Vol.1751 (1), p.12092
• Main Authors: Febriyanti, T D, Simanjuntak, W, Pandiangan, K D
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aluminum; Aluminum oxide; Ammonium nitrate; Chemical synthesis; Crystallization; Cubes; Ion exchange; Ketones; liquid fuel; Liquid fuels; Metal foils; Morphology; Palm oil; Pattern analysis; Physics; Pyrolysis; Silica; Silicon dioxide; Sodium silicates; zeolite H-X; zeolite-X; Zeolites
• ISSN: 1742-6588; 1742-6596
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1751/1/012092

Zeolite-X was successfully synthesized based on silica of rice husk and aluminum foil with the variation of sodium silicate aging time of 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours with a crystallization time of 96 hours as evidenced by XRD analysis with a 2θ angle peak diffractogram pattern similar to the IZA standard. Zeolite-X with sodium silicate aging time of 24 hours is the best zeolite-X with XRF analysis with components Na2O 0.436%, Al2O3 33.933%, and SiO2 65.631%, and the SEM surface morphology shape crystal was homogeneous cubes. Protonated zeolite-X or zeolite H-X has been successfully synthesized through the ion exchange process of zeolite-X with 2M NH4NO3 solution which had been proven by XRF analysis to reduce Na2O from 0.436% to 0.179%. Zeolite-X and zeolite H-X have the same 2θ angle diffractogram pattern. In SEM analysis, the surface morphology of zeolite H-X had a formless surface morphology. Zeolite H-X was applied in pyrolysis experiments using palm oil to produce liquid fuel. Liquid fuel was analyzed by GC-MS with components 77% hydrocarbon, 16% acid, and 7% ketones.