Production of renewable diesel by hydroprocessing of soybean oil: Effect of catalysts

► Effect of heterogeneous catalysts on hydroprocessing of soybean oil. ► NiMo, CoMo, Pd, Ni catalysts show good conversion (>90%). ► Isomerization and cracking are favored on CoMo. ► Decarboxylation is dominant on Pd while hydrodeoxygenation is favored on NiMo and CoMo.