Fabrication of CoNiMo/γ-Al2O3 from waste aluminum foil to convert waste lube oil to hydrotreated oil

Because of the heavy metal content and other toxic chemicals, used lubricating oil remains one of the most serious environmental concerns. The target of this work is the synthesis of γ-Al2O3 from waste aluminum foil and re-refining waste lubricating oils using solvent extraction pursued by hydrotrea...

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Main Authors: Asmaa A. Abdelrahman, Mohamed A. Sayed, Mohamed F. Menoufy, Abdelrahman M. Rabie
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Published: Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute 2021-12-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
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Mohamed F. Menoufy
Abdelrahman M. Rabie
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description Because of the heavy metal content and other toxic chemicals, used lubricating oil remains one of the most serious environmental concerns. The target of this work is the synthesis of γ-Al2O3 from waste aluminum foil and re-refining waste lubricating oils using solvent extraction pursued by hydrotreatment. The trimetallic CoNiMo/γ-Al2O3 catalyst was prepared via a co-impregnation method. The support and tri-metallic supported alumina are characterized by N2 adsorption–desorption techniques, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, HRTEM, and EDX. The catalyst was evaluated in the hydrotreating of extracted waste lubricating oils. The results confirmed that the solvent to oil ratio of 3 gave the higher performance with the highest percent of sludge elimination at room temperature. Hydrotreating of extracted lube oil was investigated to determine the effect of variables such as temperature, pressure, liquid hour space velocity, and hydrogen to oil feed ratio. The results indicated that the optimum conditions are (temperature 400 °C, Pressure 60 bar, 0.75 h−1 LHSV). The results showed improvement of the hydrotreated waste lubricating oils properties by decreasing the refractive index from 1.480 to 1.460, the total acid number decreased from 8.164 to 0. 459, the Viscosity Index increase from 78 to 129, and the Sulfur content decreased from 6752 ppm to 543 ppm.
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spelling doaj-art-5adfbda2cd9e4d18a94b9c600c9c3c1a2025-08-20T03:04:42ZengEgyptian Petroleum Research InstituteEgyptian Journal of Petroleum1110-06212021-12-01304212810.1016/j.ejpe.2021.09.002Fabrication of CoNiMo/γ-Al2O3 from waste aluminum foil to convert waste lube oil to hydrotreated oilAsmaa A. Abdelrahman0Mohamed A. Sayed1Mohamed F. Menoufy2Abdelrahman M. Rabie3Refining Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Naser City, 11727, Egypt; Corresponding authors.Refining Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Naser City, 11727, EgyptRefining Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Naser City, 11727, EgyptPetrochemicals Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Naser City, 11727, Egypt; Corresponding authors.Because of the heavy metal content and other toxic chemicals, used lubricating oil remains one of the most serious environmental concerns. The target of this work is the synthesis of γ-Al2O3 from waste aluminum foil and re-refining waste lubricating oils using solvent extraction pursued by hydrotreatment. The trimetallic CoNiMo/γ-Al2O3 catalyst was prepared via a co-impregnation method. The support and tri-metallic supported alumina are characterized by N2 adsorption–desorption techniques, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, HRTEM, and EDX. The catalyst was evaluated in the hydrotreating of extracted waste lubricating oils. The results confirmed that the solvent to oil ratio of 3 gave the higher performance with the highest percent of sludge elimination at room temperature. Hydrotreating of extracted lube oil was investigated to determine the effect of variables such as temperature, pressure, liquid hour space velocity, and hydrogen to oil feed ratio. The results indicated that the optimum conditions are (temperature 400 °C, Pressure 60 bar, 0.75 h−1 LHSV). The results showed improvement of the hydrotreated waste lubricating oils properties by decreasing the refractive index from 1.480 to 1.460, the total acid number decreased from 8.164 to 0. 459, the Viscosity Index increase from 78 to 129, and the Sulfur content decreased from 6752 ppm to 543 ppm.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S111006212100043XWaste lube oilWaste foilExtractionEnvironmental impactHydrotreatment
spellingShingle Asmaa A. Abdelrahman
Mohamed A. Sayed
Mohamed F. Menoufy
Abdelrahman M. Rabie
Fabrication of CoNiMo/γ-Al2O3 from waste aluminum foil to convert waste lube oil to hydrotreated oil
Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
Waste lube oil
Waste foil
Extraction
Environmental impact
Hydrotreatment
title Fabrication of CoNiMo/γ-Al2O3 from waste aluminum foil to convert waste lube oil to hydrotreated oil
title_full Fabrication of CoNiMo/γ-Al2O3 from waste aluminum foil to convert waste lube oil to hydrotreated oil
title_fullStr Fabrication of CoNiMo/γ-Al2O3 from waste aluminum foil to convert waste lube oil to hydrotreated oil
title_full_unstemmed Fabrication of CoNiMo/γ-Al2O3 from waste aluminum foil to convert waste lube oil to hydrotreated oil
title_short Fabrication of CoNiMo/γ-Al2O3 from waste aluminum foil to convert waste lube oil to hydrotreated oil
title_sort fabrication of conimo γ al2o3 from waste aluminum foil to convert waste lube oil to hydrotreated oil
topic Waste lube oil
Waste foil
Extraction
Environmental impact
Hydrotreatment
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S111006212100043X
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