Journal
JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS
Volume 112, Issue -, Pages 129-134Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2015.02.008
Keywords
Cellulose pyrolysis; Dopant-assisted APCI; Catalytic fast pyrolysis; Zeolite; Deoxygenation; Bio-oil
Funding
- NSF EpSCOR seed grant
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Effective deoxygenation in catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP) is crucial for bio-oil stabilization and its successful commercialization. Herein, we utilize a new analytical platform that couples gas chromatography (GC) to dopant-assisted atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (dAPCI) time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOF MS) to evaluate catalytic deoxygenation of cellulose pyrolysis. Soft ionization and accurate mass measurement through dAPCI-TOF MS allows direct chemical composition analysis of GC-separated molecules, regardless of their presence in the database. The analytical approach was successfully demonstrated for its ability to evaluate catalytic efficiency of different catalysts and to monitor the change in CFP reaction products with catalyst-to-biomass load ratio. A total of 142 compounds could be analyzed with this approach compared to 38 compounds in traditional Py-GC-EI-MS analysis. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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