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Production of limonene from waste tires via catalytic fast pyrolysis: a statistical–based screening on Ni-, Pd-, Co-, and Fe-supported catalysts

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The use of waste tires for producing valuable chemicals via fast pyrolysis necessarily involves the understanding and synthesis of catalysts. Therefore, here, a statistical-based screening of SiO2-supported metal catalysts (Ni, Pd, Co, and Fe) to produce limonene from waste tire pyrolysis (WTP) is presented. The response surface method (RSM) was integrated into a principal component analysis (PCA) to identify the catalyst and reaction conditions that maximize the limonene yields for the experiments performed in an analytical pyrolyzer. The experiments were performed in an analytical pyrolysis unit coupled to a mass spectrometer (Py-GC/MS) using the temperature, the tire-to-catalyst ratio, and the type of catalyst as independent variables. The samples were grouped using PCA into 4 clusters according to the studied experimental conditions. The RSM model demonstrates that Co/SiO2 generates the most positive influence on the selectivity towards limonene under the following operating conditions: 370 °C and a tire-to-catalyst ratio of 1:5. Furthermore, it is possible to maintain a high selectivity to limonene and reduce the optimal catalyst load by slightly increasing the reaction temperature.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the ANID-Chile under Grants ACE210012, Fondecyt Initiation 11170302, and project ANID/FONDAP/15130015.

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This work was supported by the ANID-Chile under Grants ACE210012, Fondecyt Initiation 11170302, and project ANID/FONDAP/15130015.

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  1. Departamento de Ingeniería en Maderas, Facultad de Ingeniería, Laboratory of Thermal and Catalytic Processes (LPTC), Universidad del Bío-Bío, Concepción, Chile

    Tamara Menares, Felipe Sobrevía & Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez

  2. Unidad de Desarrollo Tecnológico, UDT, Universidad de Concepción, Biobío, Chile

    Tamara Menares & Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez

  3. Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (FBE), UGent, Ghent, Belgium

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  4. Departamento de Química Analítica E Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Concepción, Biobío, Chile

    Romina Romero & Frederik Ronsse

  5. Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Environmental Sciences-EULA Center, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile

    Yannay Casas-Ledón

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Conceptualization: Romina Romero and Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez; methodology: Romina Romero and Tamara Menares; formal analysis and investigation: Felipe Sobrevía, Paula Osorio, and Tamara Menares; writing—original draft preparation: Tamara Menares and Romina Romero; writing—review and editing: Luis E. Arteaga-Perez, Frederik Ronsse, Paula Osorio, and Yannay Casas.

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Menares, T., Romero, R., Sobrevía, F. et al. Production of limonene from waste tires via catalytic fast pyrolysis: a statistical–based screening on Ni-, Pd-, Co-, and Fe-supported catalysts. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 13, 11259–11274 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-03277-4

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