Issue 58, 2025
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Chemical Communications

Robust engineered catalyst for the conversion of brown grease to renewable diesel via decarboxylation/decarbonylation†

Great C. Umenweke,ab   Brian Hogston,a   Olivier Heintz,c   Gilles Caboche,c   Robert B. Pacea  and  Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research, Lexington, KY 40511, USA

b University of Kentucky Department of Chemistry, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
E-mail: esant3@uky.edu

c Université Bourgogne Europe, CNRS, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne ICB UMR 6303, 21000 Dijon, France

Abstract

A novel engineered Ni–Cu/Al2O3 decarboxylation/decarbonylation catalyst achieved quantitative conversion of brown grease, excellent yield of diesel-like hydrocarbons, effective heteroatom removal, and remarkable resistance to deactivation for hundreds of hours on stream. This offers an industrial alternative to hydrotreating for transforming waste oleaginous feedstocks into renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC01451D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 মার্চ 2025
Accepted
11 জুন 2025
First published
12 জুন 2025
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Commun., 2025,61, 10784-10787

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Robust engineered catalyst for the conversion of brown grease to renewable diesel via decarboxylation/decarbonylation

G. C. Umenweke, B. Hogston, O. Heintz, G. Caboche, R. B. Pace and E. Santillan-Jimenez, Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 10784 DOI: 10.1039/D5CC01451D

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