Supercritical water gasification of palmitic acid: Products, pathway and kinetics

Chuang Yang, Shuzhong Wang, Donghai Xu, Hao Chen, Jie Zhang and Guoxing Li

Renewable Energy, 2025, vol. 241, issue C

Abstract: In this study, palmitic acid was selected as a representative model compound for fatty acids to examine the product distribution during the supercritical water gasification (SCWG) process. The degradation of PA was found to follow first-order reaction kinetics, with an activation energy of 155 ± 14 kJ mol−1. At 450 °C, CO2 emerged as the predominant gaseous product, whereas CH4 became the primary gaseous product as the temperature increased to 510 °C. The main liquid intermediates formed during the SCWG of palmitic acid include 1-alkenes (C9-C14) and pentadecane. Two major reaction pathways were identified for the conversion of palmitic acid in supercritical water: thermal cracking, which leads to the formation of volatile fatty acids and 1-alkenes (C9-C14), and decarboxylation, which results in the production of pentadecane and CO2.

Keywords: Palmitic acid; Supercritical water gasification; Hydrogen; Reaction network (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2025.122359

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