Journal
FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
Volume 178, Issue -, Pages 251-261Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2018.05.036
Keywords
Carbon aerogel; Catalytic fast pyrolysis; Torrefaction; Reaction route
Funding
- project CONICYT-FONDECYT [11150148]
- CONICYT-PCI [REDI170008]
- Proyecto Basal [AFB 170007]
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A comprehensive study of carbon aerogel-supported nickel (Ni/CAG) in the catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP) of torrefied Eucalyptus globulus was performed in a micropyrolysis unit (Py-GCMS). Effects of pyrolysis temperatures (450-600 degrees C), catalyst-to-biomass ratio (1:1 < C-to-B < 10:1) and metal cluster sizes (9.6 < D-pi < 21) on upgrading reactions were analyzed. Catalysts were characterized by N-2 adsorption-desorption at 77 K, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). Regardless the use of catalysts, the pyrolysis vapors produced from torrefied biomass were depleted in carboxylic acids (selectivity < 7%). Furthermore, the CFP decreased the selectivity to furans and ketones by almost 50%, while phenols increased in a similar proportion. Despite the similarities in the selectivity distribution of these functional groups in all the CFP experiments, their internal composition was rather different owing to the changes in temperature, C-to-B ratio and catalyst cluster sizes. Ni/CAG was active for hydrogenation under H-2-depleted atmosphere, presumably by a synergistic effect between water gas shift and reforming reactions with transalkylation and decarbonylation of phenolics and furanics. It was demonstrated that metal cluster sizes influenced the reaction routes by favoring hydrogenation on metal facets and deoxygenation on step/comers sites.
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