<p>This paper is devoted to the production of second generation biodiesel via catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of fatty acids. Pd/C catalysts with different metal loading were used. The palladium catalysts were characterized using low-temperature nitrogen physisorption and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It was revealed that the most active and selective catalyst was 1%-Pd/C which allowed reaching up 97.5% of selectivity (regarding to n-heptadecane) at 100% conversion of substrate. Moreover, the chosen catalyst is more preferable according to lower metal content that leads the decrease of the process cost. The analysis of the catalysts showed that 1%-Pd/C had the highest specific surface area compared with 5%-Pd/C. Copyright © 2016 BCREC GROUP. All rights reserved</p><p><em>Received: 31<sup>st</sup> July 2015; Revised: 9<sup>th</sup> December 2015; Accepted: 30<sup>th</sup> December 2015</em></p><p><strong>How to Cite</strong>: Stepacheva, A.A., Sapunov, V.N., Sulman, E.M., Nikoshvili, L.Z., Sulman, M.G., Sidorov, A.I., Demidenko, G.N., Matveeva, V.G. (2016). Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Fatty Acids for Biodiesel Production. <em>Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis</em>, 11 (2): 125-132 (doi:10.9767/bcrec.11.2.538.125-132)</p><p><strong>Permalink/DOI</strong>: http://dx.doi.org/10.9767/bcrec.11.2.538.125-132</p>
A process for microbial hydrocarbon synthesis: Overproduction of fatty acids inEscherichia coliand catalytic conversion to alkanes
