Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering and Catalysis
Cover Letter
March 16th, 2020
Name of Corresponding Author: Savitri Larasati
Title of Manuscript: Selective Production of Green Hydrocarbons from the Hydrotreatment of Waste Coconut Oil over Ni- and NiMo-supported Amine-functionalized Mesoporous Silica
Dear Editor-in-chief, Prof. Istadi
We wish to submit the manuscript entitled “Selective Production of Green Hydrocarbons from the Hydrotreatment of Waste Coconut Oil over Ni- and NiMo-supported Amine- functionalized Mesoporous Silica” to be considered for publication as an original article in the Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering and Catalysis.
This paper studies on the development and modification of non-sulfided NiMo catalyst on mesoporous silica nanoparticles to be used in the hydrotreatment of used coconut oil into hydrocarbon fuel. Developing a non-sulfided and non-noble metal catalyst has been one of the main urge in hydroprocessing vegetable oils. Therefore, we try to use amine functional group as a replacement of sulfide agent to see its effect in the conversion process. We use waste coconut oil as feed as it has high availability in our environment and low economical value. Waste coconut oil which contains majorly of saturated fatty acid does not undergo double bond saturation, therefore it is expected to undergo hydrocarbon production much faster exhibiting high conversion. Our material was found to exhibit high catalytic activity and selectivity in generating gasoline-range hydrocarbon compounds. Our work studies on a new development of mesoporous material to produce sustainable energy source, which also gives an environmental benefits by coming up with a new idea to treat waste oil. We believe that this is compatible with the scope that Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering and Catalysis focuses on.
We declare that this manuscript is original and has not ben published nor it is under reviewed for any publication elsewhere. We declare no conflicts of interest associated with this publication. Please address all correspondence concerning this manuscript to Savitri Larasati at [email protected].
Thank you for your consideration of this manuscript Sincerely,
Savitri Larasati
