Citation: Mohabeer Chetna, Reyes Luis, Abdelouahed Lokmane, Marcotte Stéphane, Buvat Jean-Christophe, Tidahy Lucette, Abi-Aad Edmond, Taouk Bechara. Production of liquid bio-fuel from catalytic de-oxygenation: Pyrolysis of beech wood and flax shives[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, ;2019, 47(2): 153-166. shu

Production of liquid bio-fuel from catalytic de-oxygenation: Pyrolysis of beech wood and flax shives

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Normandie Univ, INSA Rouen Normandie, UNIROUEN, Laboratoire de Sécurité des Procédés Chimiques, LSPC EA-4704, 76000 Rouen, France
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Normandie Univ, INSA Rouen Normandie, UNIROUEN, COBRA UMR-6014, 76000 Rouen, France
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Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant, UCEIV EA-4492, 59140 Dunkerque, France

Corresponding author: Taouk Bechara, bechara.taouk@insa-rouen.fr
Received Date: 25 September 2018
Revised Date: 9 January 2019

Fund Project: The project was supported by the European Union with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Regional Council of Normandie

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This study presents a detailed analysis of the catalytic de-oxygenation of the liquid and gaseous pyrolytic products of two biomasses (beech wood and flax shives) using different catalysts (commercial HZSM-5 and H-Y, and lab-synthesised Fe-HZSM-5, Fe-H-Y, Pt/Al₂O₃ and CoMo/Al₂O₃). The experiments were all conducted in a semi-batch reactor under the same operating conditions for all feed materials. BET specific surface area, BJH pore size distribution and FT-IR technologies have been used to characterise the catalysts, while gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), flame ionisation detection (GC-FID) and thermal conductivity detection (GC-TCD) were used to examine the liquid and gaseous pyrolytic products. It was firstly seen that at higher catalyst-to-biomass ratios of 4:1, de-oxygenation efficiency did not experience any further significant improvement. Fe-HZSM-5 was deemed to be the most efficient of the catalysts utilised as it helped reach the lowest oxygen contents in the bio-oils samples and the second best was HZSM-5. It was also found that HZSM-5 and H-Y tended to privilege the decarbonylation route (production of CO), whilst their iron-modified counterparts favoured the decarboxylation one (production of CO₂) for both biomasses studied. It was then seen that the major bio-oil components (carboxylic acids) underwent almost complete conversion under catalytic treatment to produce mostly unoxygenated aromatic compounds, phenols and gases like CO and CO₂. Finally, phenols were seen to be the family most significantly formed from the actions of all catalysts.
- pyrolysis,
- biomass,
- catalytic treatment,
- de-oxygenation,
- bio-oil upgrading
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