Biomass & Bioenergy, Vol.35, No.3, 1060-1065, 2011
Catalytic cracking of squalene to gasoline-range molecules
Cracking squalene over a zeolite catalyst produced an organic liquid containing light hydrocarbons. The distillate of the organic liquid product (b.p. <275 degrees C) was analyzed by ASTM gasoline methods and found to have a research octane number of 98. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.