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FUEL
Volume 331, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.125812
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Municipal sludge; Hydrothermal liquefaction; Non-noble bimetallic catalyst; Ethanol; Biocrude
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This study evaluated the effects of non-noble metal catalysts supported on activated carbon on the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) process of municipal sludge with ethanol solvent. The results showed that Ni-Co/AC and Ni-Cu/AC catalysts increased the energy value of biocrudes and reduced the sulfur content. Ethanol solvent significantly improved biocrude yields and promoted the conversion of high boiling point compounds to low boiling point compounds.
In this study, non-noble metal Ni, Cu, Co loading on activated carbon (AC) were applied to the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) process of municipal sludge with ethanol solvent to evaluate the effects on biocrude. Three AC-supported non-noble metal catalysts were prepared: Ni/AC, Ni-Co/AC and Ni-Cu/AC. Ni-Co/AC and Ni-Cu/ AC catalysts increased the HHV of biocrudes, and significantly reduced the sulfur content in biocrudes from 4.3 wt% to 0.8 wt% and 0.7 wt% compared with non-catalytic HTL. Ethanol solvent significantly improved biocrude yields, and esters accounted for about 50% of the total biocrudes due to esterification reaction. The presence of Ni-Co/AC along with ethanol promoted the conversion of high boiling point compounds to low boiling point compounds.
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