title: Liquid hydrocarbon fuels obtained by the pyrolysis of soybean oils.
abstract: The pyrolysis reactions of soybean oils have been studied. The pyrolytic products were analyzed by GC-MS and FTIR and show the formation of olefins, paraffins, carboxylic acids and aldehydes. Several kinds of catalysts were compared. It was found that the amounts of carboxylic acids and aldehydes were significantly decreased by using base catalysts such as Na(2)CO(3) and K(2)CO(3). The low acid value pyrolytic products showed good cold flow properties and good solubility in diesel oil at low temperature. The results presented in this work have shown that the pyrolysis of soybean oils generates fuels that have chemical composition similar to petroleum based fuels.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, Nanjing, China. lang811023@163.com
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Junming
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jianchun
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yanju
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jie
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005742:Gasoline; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry*; D013024:Soybean Oil / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D005742:Gasoline; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D013024:Soybean Oil